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I WOULD LIKE TO GET IN CONTACT WITH ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS DONE THIS CONVERSION AND HAS THE CAR ENGINEERED AND REGOED IN QLD

JUST AFTER SOME IMPORTANT INFO AND ANY HELP ON DO'S AND DON'TS AND BASIC INFO ON PARTS THAT WORKED AND THINGS THAT DIDN'T...

PM ME OR CALL MY MOBILE 0410637282 (DION)

CHEERS

There is a bloke whose car was in street fords issue 56 who had a ford v8 converstion in his cortina, I can't remember if it was a 302 or 351 thou. Try asking on streetfords forum and you should get some answers.

a friend of mine tried this and wasnt allowed to register it, but in sayin that i have seen them done use the v8 xd front suspension with xe powersteering, the xe had the better power steering boxes,

TE Cortina runs a rack and pinion...

You could ring Qld Transport and get the word straight from the horses mouth so to speak or an engineer to find out what is involved before you kick off...

Find the factory weight and I can tell you what engine size would be legal. It will be either on a plate in the bay or just google it.

Googled 1216kg for a sedan...

I get 357 cubes....so 351 will be fine with no supercharger or turbs or 289 with the fruit...

thanks alot for all the info....

really appreciated.

cheers


pictures to come...................soon

HB Torana 2 door = 791kg

What max capacity in NA form?

2.4L roughly, even then it will come down to the engineer signing it off. If there was a version of that model that was over 800kg, then you'd be talking about 3.2L+

Then it's quite obvious both you and your friend have no idea.

OT: Biggest calculable cui is 358cui. Dependant on your HP output, I've had my 351C powered TF cortina on the road since Dec 2007 and was a feature car in Street Fords Issue # 45.

There is no room for any decent headers in TE/TF without going to fender wall headers. There's also no point running an engine plate for headers, However you can still do this if you want. I used the CRS ( Castlemaine Rod Shop ) kit and redrilled the engine mounts to move the engine back 1" as the CRS kit has the engine a bit far forward. You just have to cut a bit of the seam lip that goes around the firewall to clear the passenger cylinder head, Doesn't need much I only did 2 cuts and bent the seam down and spot welded the seam where the cuts were.

If you run standard rocker covers you can leave the brake booster in it's factory location, You just need to change the master cylinder for an XB master cylinder Part # P6258A. The push rod will need to be shortened slightly not by much so you need to check so as you don't take it too far. I just used a 4" grinder with a flapper disc to gradually remove material to suit. The front springs in the TE/TF cortina are the same part # for falcon XA-XB. If you want 90/10 shocks, I had Pedders make me a set using HQ part # with mounting point to suit the cortina at the base.

You can see build pics here of the car and am happy to answer any ???

http://s134.photobucket.com/albums/q90/351...Sporty%20Corty/

Factory or manufacturer weight can only be used when the car in ??? is not listed in the NCOP ( National Code Of Practice ) where the weight listed MUST be used to calculate max cui etc.