Thanks Jim,
I've had some advice that lowering the cross-member makes life easier - AND
I've been reading a Speedpro book complete with inaccurate info! To be fair,
the book does mention the option of using the original cross-member... I'm
reconsidering.
Frank
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
To: frank <F.vanDalen@lr.tudelft.nl>
Cc: mgb-v8@autox.team.net <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>
Date: vrijdag 27 augustus 1999 2:39
Subject: Re: Chrome bumper conversion
>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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