Awesome to hear it good job, keep at it

Love the build mate keep up the great work 👍👍

@skillosshed

2 ай бұрын

Thanks mate for the kind words!

@enricodigenova8112

2 ай бұрын

@@skillosshed if you need a good engineer I know a really nice guy who done my car and he comes to your house 👍👍

Chuffed!

Well done mate. Nothing better than the feeling of starting up a conversion job for the first time! Ran sweet too. 😎👍

@skillosshed

2 ай бұрын

Cheers mate. Yeah pretty stoked and helps that it was running just a few weeks ago ✅

Years ago i had an XE Fairmont with a 302 and T - bar auto fitted. I pulled those out an fitted a fully worked 2 litre four out of a Cortina coupled to a five speed manual. It was a real goer with a loud, buzzy sound. It did the standing quarter in about 19 seconds flat. When i tried selling her a few years later, nobody wanted it, so i left her at the wreckers. Since then, I've had a '79 Mazda 323 1-4 with auto(red with brown interior, very reliable), an '85 Mitsubishi Colt sedan(surprisingly strong performance), a '90 TP Magna sedan 2-6 carby, (comfortable and well equipped but crappy reliability) and now a 2012 Corolla sedan I've owned since near new(never had a drama with her). After my mortgage is cleared, I'm looking at maybe a Hilux 2WD singlecab tabletop (tub backs are useless) with a manual fitted, possibly my final ever vehicle. But i wouldn't knock back another XD or XE Ford V8......this time, I'd leave the V8 in her. Anyhow, good luck with your projects. 👍

@skillosshed

2 ай бұрын

Nice one mate. It’s all about having projects isn’t it! Believe it or not I plan on doing an XD/XE with a Coyote in it in the next year or so. Awesome shape.

@noelgibson5956

2 ай бұрын

​@@skillosshed Good luck with that. Yes they're a great shape, particularly in LWB (Fairlane, LTD).

Congratulations. Nothing like that moment. Except maybe childbirth

She's gonna move alot better than the original motor

Grrat job but personally would have run power negative cables in side the tubing you fixed it to

@skillosshed

2 ай бұрын

Cheers mate. Yeah I’ve had a rethink and I’m going to run it in the car instead and change up the fuel line positioning as well 👍🏼

What size was your chassis strength bars & are they on a vid cheers , nice build 👍

@skillosshed

2 ай бұрын

They are 75x25x2.5mm RHS and I just cut out the ends to fit over the spring hanger. Then the plates over the crossmember is some folded 3mm plate. I didn’t do up a video on that though. Only mention it in this one 😞

@paulbronwyntaylor2028

2 ай бұрын

@@skillosshed sweet thank you , iam doing a sedan at moment & liked the RHS idea 👌👌

Hi Skillo, love the build and following along. Just want to make mention of your fuel lines running under the chassis brace you installed. They are very low on the van and may be in danger of damage. If you can check with your engineer if you already haven’t to see if he is happy with how they run. I’m doing an EH wagon and had to cover some of my lines to keep him happy. Easy to fix now rather than later after painting. Anyway keep up the great build.

@skillosshed

2 ай бұрын

Thanks mate! Yeah have a few mention to me about the lines so will reach out to the engineer. I was 50/50 on running the battery cables there so I can alter it all pretty easily. Watch this space!!

@frankmouskovias8921

2 ай бұрын

You might be able to run your fuel lines on the inside edge of the RHS if you use single fuel line clips , this way you should be able to get your two lines within the 25 mil,