
Originally Posted by
Camos
Engineer is finally back from holidays so I dropped in to discuss the conversion and find out what his expectations were.
Got to say I was slightly nervous but left fist pumping and ready to start.
He said if there is any pollution gear on there, try and keep it on.
Try and use the standard cats if possible
Try Try Try lmao. He was really great to deal with. I have no doubt it will have to tick all the boxes but will be very easy to get done.
My big question was brakes, seems every man online has a different view.
Some say it will definitely need to be upgraded, some say use better pads, some say will need to convert to all discs and others say it is a commercial vehicle and designed to stop with extra weight and therefore brakes are already sufficient.
The resulting verdict from the man was - Brakes shouldn't be an issue, you don't want the stuff around of upgrading them. We will weigh it on completion and deduct the weight difference off the total load carrying capacity. So instead of max load of a bit over a tonne, it will be a tonne or slightly under. Started with the big smiles knowing this is my man.
Thats about as much as I want to mention here at the moment.
Separated the engine and box the other day so I can replace the output shaft with the new modified one to fit with the adaptor and transfer case.
Noticed the bell housing has a few cracks so will replace that while it is apart. Man those torx screws are a right pain in the ass to get out