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Hey Guys,has anybody on here done the conversion?ive got the engine and g/box in the engine bay,the bell housing is sat on the front antiroll bar and top of gearbox is hitting tunnel,in the process of modifiying sump to sit engine farther back and lower down but still have the problem of antiroll bar,was going to make some steel spacers and lower it a couple of inches or so any ideas???cheers Stu

I take it your on about a rover engine conversion? If so you need about inch spacers between the floor and the anti role bar. I can give you exact measurements but I wont be back down the garage until Saturday. If this is any use to you let me know.

Nice one Marki,thats what i was looking at but if you have the measurements that would be gr8,yeh its a disco V8 with modified SD1 sump and SD1 box,ive got an SD1 gear lever extension housing aswell as a LDV short one too not sure which to use until its sat in correctly Cheers Stu

Ok I will measure up the bits on Saturday for you.

I did the conversion with a T5 but used a modified Rover auto bellhousing, the kit I used was from auto power services/magnum performance and I did not need to use the ARB spacers it did have 3 door Cosworth front suspension and perhaps the ARB gives more clearance?

Mark

Mark the bit that is catching is on the bottom of the bellhousing where the clutch fork is and the slave cyl normaly bolts to, will get the measurements of Marki and make some up next week at work,sump should be back on by then then i can sit it in position and make up the engine and gearbox mounts Cheers Stu

sorry completely forgot all about this until now. The spacers are 25mm with a 3mm cut out to match the chassis where the ARB rubber sits in.

Cheers Marki,droped roll bar and engine sits in nice just need to make mounts and spacers now Cheers Stu

i have the same problem with my 302 i tryed spacing it but that moved the front wheels too far forward in the arches and they were catching

as a quick fix i fitted some compression struts, unfortunatley the body roll is now rediculas so i'm considering fitting an ARB round the front as well...

Doesnt look like it altered it that much but will see when its back on the ground,doesnt look too bad,just gotta finish mounts then make new sump now ive got the correct shape Cheers Stu

It will move it slightly but it shouldn't be that much. It wouldn't be difficult to to machine the blocks to get rid of any offset. You could even change the chassis legs to correct it if your sure its always going to have a v8 in it.

Just had a thought,didnt the South African XR8 have a 302 in them,perhaps if you could find info on them that might help Cheers Stu