Frank-
Why do you need to lower your crossmember? Many conversions have been done on CB
cars with the original crossmember in place. Have you been reading a Speedpro
book complete with inaccurate info, or have you actually tried to install the
engine?
Jim Stuart
frank wrote:
> I've just subscribed to this list since I have started cutting up my '68 US
> spec MGB to make room
> for a Rover 3500 with the SDI 5-speed gearbox. I would appreciate your ideas
> on the following:
>
> - I certainly wish to retain the original '68 dash, which I believe does not
> match with a rubber
> bumper steering column
> - I would like to use my current steering rack, since the steering on my car
> is unusually light &
> precise and the rack is almost new
> - I need to drop the cross-member by an inch or so to make room for the
> engine.
>
> The solution I'm thinking of is: use a rubber bumper cross-member and cut
> off the brackets for the
> steering rack. Mount the cross-member under the car, and weld the chrome
> bumper rack (with
> its brackets) in position on the cross-member. The idea here is that the
> brackets on the later
> cross-members locate the rack further forward, meaning that the chrome
> bumber column would
> be too short.
>
> Alternatively, I guess you might drop the original cross-member using spacer
> blocks but then
> you'd still need to adjust the brackets to make the column line up again.
> Has anyone tried either
> way? What do you recommend? Any ideas are welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Frank van Dalen
>
> '68 MGB
> '87 Citroen AX 14
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