A little bit of an update so far.
I had been told by many that the MX5 engine and box wouldnt fit in the tunnel but I was sure it could be done! I carried on with a basic clean up....
Where the g/box mounts to the mx5 PPF there is a huge cast bracket that I'm sure will foul on the tunnel. I started to cut it off, its in a weird position to get at with the grinder and this will need cleaning up with a flap disk.
Theres still a little more that needs removing
I got the chassis delivered and it all went in first try which is great!
I was hoping the gbs Mazda engine mounts would be the perfect solution and so I waited the 3 week lead time. Unfortunately they aren't quite right so I am looking at options of modifying them
or modifying the OEM MX5 ones...
Ignore the flat bar, I was using that for measuring angles.
Before I can go firm on the solution I need to pop over to Dave T's to measure a couple of things. The other thing that will need modifying is the position of the clutch slave cylinder due to the floor mounted clutch pedal. I already have a solution for this though which I'll explain another day when its done.
As I am using Mazda box and sierra diff I will need the donor propshaft modifying and I have spoken with Bailey Morris, they seem a great bunch and its just run of the mill (or lathe
) stuff for them.
I knew this old extendable hoover tube would come in handy one day! Used it to get basic alignment and measurements
