XE bike carbs into van

[steve jordan]

Fantastic little project there mate, engine looks good!! Will this be at pv?

[Joker]

thanks for the comments guys fingers and toes crossed mate for pv! - My dead line is april / may so we shall see what happens, I'm only an apprentice at my garage still at college so money isn't rolling in and I got my own flat to pay for with the mrs so other stuff comes first but I will try my hardest to complete it by then!

More pics to come soon of engine in and sitting on the mounts ready for driveshafts

[Joker]

***UPDATE***

Ok so today I had a morning free so decided it was time for the engine to meet the bay!

I had to make some brake pipes up and put the unions on before filling the engine bay with the lump so once done I cracked on with putting the flywheel and clutch on then bolted the box on and got the engine crane out to lift it all in. Engine went in OK but at this point I realised how much work was involved in this conversion! Once the engine and box went in I had to take it straight out scratching the paint work on both the box / engine and the chassis! After a bit of head scratching I got the grinder out and had to remove some chassis leg!

Here's the N/S leg



and the O/S leg



OK so the engine now fits fine but need to plate the chassic leg off and strengthen it!





This side fits, but still need to remove more leg to allow for the single v pulley to fit for the alternator!





some pics from above!!







I had to make a custom Gearbox mount and this is what it looks like.



Once the engine was in i realised the exhaust needed modifying but cant do that yet as I need to heat it up and bend it and add some flexi to pass through the steering rack and modified bar I added for the rear engine mount.

This is what it looks like



And the last few shots before I went home after calling it a day!





I'm happy with how it looks but there is still plenty of work to do before its finished!

[Joker]

Quick update

Had to cut quiet a considerable amount away from the O/S chassis leg which Is quiet worrying but I'm going to be strengthening the whole bay with some steel tubing and strut braces as I can't see it lasting all that long like that. Here are some pics of the plated off bits anyway and engine back in.

O/S cut out and plated





N/S cut out and plated





Still close but will be fine now.



Re shaped my O/S mount as it was abit boring lol



Here's the O/S with engine and pulley on, It clears now but I need to strengthen it up more. Anyone got any ideas of how I could strengthen the legs up more?





Enjoy

[steve jordan]

Could you not strengthen it behind with a steel plate mate?

[Joker]

Could you not strengthen it behind with a steel plate mate?

Well the O/S if you look at the pic where I cut it out before plating it, that metal behind is the other side where the wheel is so If I add more metal there It will stop me putting alloys on, I need to look at it more and figure out what to do. Looks good though with the lump in

[dewismotorsport]

I'd just fillet the corners off so there not at right angles

[Joker]

I thought this, Would that be stronger then?

[daddy cav]

Any progress on this ?

[scooby-KILLER]

+1

is it just me or does the alt belt look like its resting against the leg??

good work/effort/progress tho joker

[Rob-SRi]

Very random but nevertheless Top work Joker, Id love to see this thing go once done

Rob

[Joker]

Hi all sorry for no updates, progress is at a stand still unfortunately other bills have taken all my money, Yes your right the belt is touching the alternator its only on for test fit and think I will fillet the corners like dewis said so will have to fetch engine back out once I get time.

[mr04rpm]

any idea what power this will make ? i was laffed at buy a few half breeds when i told them xes make good power this will be intresting

[dewismotorsport]

I thought this, Would that be stronger then?

Yeah it would be mate, will be a real stealth van when done, will catch so many people out at the lights

[Joker]

Tell me about it mate its gunna be sweet! and stock bhp is roughly 147 ponies, It has full compression and is a fresh build so should be making standard power and with the carbs set up correctly I should hopefully see around 160 - 165, I might be over estimating but I can't see why it shouldn't make that to be honest. Its got the short ratio f16 box aswell so should be good!

I'm going to lower it and stick some nice rims on and keep it stock for now, It still has the d85 on the side haha

[8valve-craig]

106 rallye steel's could look good? or 306 Cyclones?

If your using 15's im pretty sure peugeot 406 coupe Brembo 4 pots would be a direct fit too.

[Joker]

yes 15" is the plan dude, I was thinking of going for 172 brakes just to see if they fit. I will look at the 106 steel's now

I did a photoshop of how low I want it, I have some 16" alloys but need tyres but think 16" might be a little 2 big.

[8valve-craig]

Looks cool.

Soz, i actually thought it was a Berlingo for some reason.... Brembo's may well not fit.

[Alpha14]

This is mad. Well played.