V6 Engine Install

[Bedfordcrazy]

Hey Guys, well I do know where to go for advice, so here goes. I recieved my V6 conversion kit from moree a couple of weeks ago, and what surprised me was the lack of information and tech drawings. The one thing that should of been included and was not, is a template that you can lay on the floor so you know how much floor you need to cut. They have a template for the engine cover, which is so complicated, even my mechanic was some what confused, the lack of detailed info was disappointing, considering the price of the kit. So what I need is to find out if someone here has done the v6 conversion, do you have any pics from the inside with the floor cut out, or marked out b4 the cover was made and installed. I hoped that by buying this kit you could save days of guessing and work, after speaking to pat his answer was, you need to make up a complete cover, and sit it on the floor, trace it, and cut, my point here is, if i want a different design of cover,then i have to spend days and money to have a cover made, just to shelve it for 2 minutes it takes to trace it. Why is it moree could not trace their cover and include it in the kit, just lazy i guess. When I finally work out the cut line I will do a ply template and keep it so that i have it for anyone else that needs it down the track. So hopefully you guys can help, and save me a lot of lost time. Thanks.
George.

[Rogue Trooper]

Mine is a mid-mount which doesn't really help you and measuring the actual hole is a bit difficult now I've bunged the engine in but I can measure the inside of the base of the engine cover frame I'm currently building and that might give you a rough idea of the width you need.

Let me know and if I get a bit of time tonight I'll pop out and have a measure.

[Bedfordcrazy]

thanks rogue, any help is appreciated. To me a 1:1 scale paper template would of cost nothing to put in the kit, i dont get these companies. oh well.
George. thanks mate.

[John Abbott]

Geez doesn't that piss you off george....There is a fellow that i know who has done a v6 conversion to his truck . If you want i can see if i can see him and get some pics for you. Let me know George.....

[ben]

george whats included in the conversion kit?

i could trace one of my v8 engine covers if you want? or just take measurements. i asume the v6 wont be a whole lot different..

ben

[Bedfordcrazy]

your not wrong there john, i mean if your going to do a job, then do it right, mmmm. If you can get some pics would be good, not much is coming out of moree.

hey ben, the kit is $1,500 with the postage to bris, kit included a : sump-dipstick tube, sensor- oil pickup-L-R engine mounts-wiring loomcross member-2 engine mount posts and the very sketchy instructions with photos that were misleading, an a4 template for the engine cover, but even my mechanic had trouble trying to read it, and he is switched on, I am only guessing that its an engine cover template, i suspect that it may also be for the shifter mount, they have got nothing written that says what you are looking at. You judge for yourself, i will post it here. I can tell you that if you are in my position, that i am not a mechanic or in the trade, the lay guy would have a lot of trouble working out where to start. My mechanic looked at one photo and it looked like the radiator was mounted right up near the engine cover opening, when i rang pat he said, no radiator is in the normal position behind the grill, pic shows different.
George.

[Rogue Trooper]

Righty, been out to the garage and this is what I got. The width of the hole in the floor is 665mm. This is centred. I took some pics so you can see how close the engine sits to the side of the hole in the floor.

First off here is the engine and a rough idea of how much space it is taking up.



This next one shows how much gap there is on the left hand side...



And the right...



I also took one with my metre rule extended up to the foot of the steering column so you can see how much you would roughly be cutting out of the front in relation to the column...



Hope that gives you a better idea of what you might be looking at.

[Bedfordcrazy]

thanks rogue, i will send these pics to my mechanic. If moree had of supplied nice clean pics like these, maybe we would not be scratching our nuts. lol What is your interpretation of the template i posted above, that what they send you in the kit.
George.

[Rogue Trooper]

It's got me a bit buggered. Would have helped if he'd included a photo of the finished article fitted in place.

How about blowing it up on a photocopier to an A3 sheet and then cut it out and fold it up sticking it together with some cellotape. That'll give you a better idea of what the finished product would look like. You could also get a really large sheet of cardboard and make it up that way. As long as it's stiff enough you could then put that in place in the van and use that to work out how large the hole should be.

[John Abbott]

Hey Rogue...Where does your air intake white pipe go to?