The Usual 4age Into Ke55

[olskool]

  cuzzo said:

Yeah i bought some too.

 

Looks slightly different. They have a plastic sleave over the whole thing. Also the part which bolts to the strut can slide up and down the line.

 

Possibly different join on yours to mine.

 

It may be a different join. My lines have the plastic sleeve over it too, I don't think that that is abnormal. I am not sure what problem you are having then, unless you fixed it already.

[KE ping it real]

Hey olskool

 

I found your conversion thread after talking to you on the blue mountains cruise - It's looking awesome man nice work

 

And also after that day i've been inspired by your and cuzzo's cars so i'm going to go the 4age route with my car :)

 

I may have to render your services (for a nominal fee of course) to make me up some engine mounts the same as yours

I'm currently bidding on a smallport 100kw 4age so fingers crossed i'll have it soon

 

Keep up the awesome fabrication work :dance:

[olskool]

Thanks heaps. I would be more than happy to help. There is plenty more pics to be going up here soon too.

[KE ping it real]

Hey man that would be great ;)

 

Unfortunatly i got outbid in the last 30 seconds.......damn ebay

 

but i will still get one down the track

Let me know how much you want for some mounts and when you get a chance to make some i'll sort you out :lolcry:

 

Cheers - Andrew

[olskool]

Finally finished my custom extractors. Boy oh boy it takes time. Anyway here are a couple of pics for all to see. I ended up hand making my own collector and it seems to have worked out well so far.

 

Here is the pipes all joined into one.

 

 

Here is the collector itself.

 

 

Here are the extractors complete with a flange welded on.

 

 

Sandblasted and ready for paint.

 

 

The finished product.

 

[cuzzo]

Looks great.

 

Did you want to make a turbo manifold for me? ;)

[olskool]

Yeh I can but when is a different matter. Also if you wanted me to do it I would have to have your car to continuosly check clearances etc. I would be happy to do it for you. Are you in a rush.

[cuzzo]

Nah no rush. PM me a quote.

 

i would like a t28 flange and a wastegate pipe. on the 4age. high mounted turbo.

[KE ping it real]

Loking awesome man, nice work

And while your there if you want to pm me a quote for some engine mounts the same as yours that would be awesome too

I just picked up my 4age today ;)

 

P.s i'm not in a rush either

Edited July 5, 2008 by KE ping it real

[olskool]

Finally have begun the conversion into my car. I have been doing it lately in a dummy car but due to lucky circumstances I have another car to drive around in for 6 weeks so my car is now off the road.

 

Here is a few pics of what I have done over the weekend. I ripped out the stocka, and placed in the 4age. Looks really nice in there.

 

I also have completed my custom gearbox crossmember. It took a genuine full day of work and a lot of stuffin round but it is now done and I am overly happy with the finished result.

 

What I begun with was cutting 5mm mild steel and drilling the holes to suit the holes in the gearbox mount on the gearbox and the chassis. I then welded on the small RHS

 

 

Once I done that I bolted the brackets on to their corresponding parts and lettered all the ends.

 

 

The hardest part was joining the gaps inbetween the brackets. There were all types of angles that I had to cut and it was alot of trial and error. But in the end this is the final product.

 

 

Tomorrow I will sandblast and powdercoat the crossmember and then I can finally begin on the DIFF. Yippee. :D :( :(

[cuzzo]

What gearbox you using?

 

t50?

 

the t50 crossmember does bolt up to existing holes, aslong as the motor is in the right position.

[olskool]

Nah I am using a celica gearbox. It is a w series box. Also I have made this crossmember to be strong yet light. :)

[cuzzo]

Custom 4age bellhousing?

 

Which one did you get?

 

If your using a w55/7/8 box custom crossmember is well understandable.

[olskool]

Yeh I am pretty sure it is one of them. I have to check the dellow book to see which bellhousing I got. Pics are on the first few pages of this thread. I know for certain it was to suit a celica w series box though.

Edited July 19, 2008 by olskool

[radrollaz]

Looks good mate, looks strong enough to support a truck gear box. Do you reckon she will be ready for the cruze in september ?