Exige man Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 12 hours ago, OldStager said: cool, but my comment was just a reply to your heavy bit, as i dont think it would have been over what you have there, but good luck with it all, you may wish to start a build thread on the conversion. Thank you for you're reply I'm only gathering parts at the moment I've already got a project I'm working on at the moment 😁👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 no worries, i will let others offer info on what may be needed as i have no experience in that conversion. i did look into this 10, 12 years ago and after reading both here and other sites i decided i just didnt want to hack my chassis up just to make one fit. had i had the cash back then i would have just bought a 'real' seight instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 16 minutes ago, Exige man said: My car is a 1993 with a type 9 gearbox Are your driver and passenger footwells the same width? I'd strongly suspect you've got the Type 9 chassis at that age; the narrowest transmission tunnel of any of the car chassis. It will also (I suspect), pre-date almost all the significant chassis strengthening/improvements. What rear "axle" does it have, Sierra independent? Will you be able to do the (extensive) fabrication work on the chassis yourself, or need to pay someone to do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Colonial Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Pages 13-28 Followed very quickly in the next issue on Page 4 with backpedaling so hard it nearly stripped reverse clean out of the box: ‘Nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labrat Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 You could buy the SeiGHT in kit form from ~2000 I think. I got mine in 2002. I have the RSI from manually pop riveting the panels to mine to prove it The V8 chassis definitely had/has additional bracing and triangulation plates to other chassis' of the time and as said above, the steel is thicker. There were two gearbox options when specifying the chassis- LT77/R380 and BWT5. The latter had the wider tunnel I think as I went for the R380 and regretted it ever since because I can't retro fit the T5 box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exige man Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary said: Are your driver and passenger footwells the same width? I'd strongly suspect you've got the Type 9 chassis at that age; the narrowest transmission tunnel of any of the car chassis. It will also (I suspect), pre-date almost all the significant chassis strengthening/improvements. What rear "axle" does it have, Sierra independent? Will you be able to do the (extensive) fabrication work on the chassis yourself, or need to pay someone to do it? I'm not to bad at fabricating I like to think 🙄 be nice to get a few pictures of the reinforcement around the diff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exige man Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 1 hour ago, OldStager said: no worries, i will let others offer info on what may be needed as i have no experience in that conversion. i did look into this 10, 12 years ago and after reading both here and other sites i decided i just didnt want to hack my chassis up just to make one fit. had i had the cash back then i would have just bought a 'real' seight instead. I only brought the engine because it was cheap I should stay away from eBay at night I've already got a car I'm doing a engine swap on that's taking a month of Sunday's the westfild was just something to fill the gap over summer until my other car's finished now I can't see me parting with the westy 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 32 minutes ago, Exige man said: I only brought the engine because it was cheap I should stay away from eBay at night I've already got a car I'm doing a engine swap on that's taking a month of Sunday's the westfild was just something to fill the gap over summer until my other car's finished now I can't see me parting with the westy 🤣 lol, oh yeah keep away from ebay if passed midnight, made substantially worse if alcohol has been consumed. the rubbish i used to buy, geez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Sorry to chip in so late...... For the V8 Engine Loom talk to spencer.craven@yahoo.co.uk (son-in-law and maker of looms for John Eales at JE Developments) he'll put a new one together for you and it'll be a lot cheaper than getting one from JE, but dependent on what V8 you've bought you will need to source the plug to the ECU and a relevant tune resistor, I've got a couple of spare 14CUX ECU's and a genuine (still in land rover parts bag) tune resistor. I also have a completed engine loom that I haven't fitted yet so if you want to have a look at the quality you can come over and have a mooch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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