The bellhousing is longer on the V6 you see, the Pressure regulator mounts in the same place on the bellhousing as the 2.0i engine setup but the FDV mounts on the gearbox proper using a bracket, on both engines they use the same bracket but because of the longer bell housing of the V6 the FDV ends up further away and taking up more space needlessly, this means all the pipes between the two are totally different, the choice i have is make a bespoke bracket for the FDV to move it closer the the pressure reg and give a neat compact install OR just source all new pipes from a V6 engine proper, this will take more money which will delay the build while i save but making a braket may cause problems further down the line that ive not been able to comprehend just yet.
Anyway, progress has been made today in a slightly forward direction, The engine is out.
IMG_3226 by Deanxm, on FlickrAnd nearly ready for its new home, i will be keeping it for a while in case i have a change of heart but its going off to be stored with the other large spare parts
IMG_3227 by Deanxm, on FlickrThere were M.O.T issues even though it passed Tues with no advisories, i was let off in light of the situation i was in thankfully, these were the issues, and yes this is the N/S rack gaiter!
IMG_3224 by Deanxm, on Flickr
IMG_3228 by Deanxm, on FlickrThis was a right sod of a job with the engine out but still much easier than doing it with the engine in the car, i also fitted a new PAS ram with a new rubber boot just because i had it on the shelf and i would rather it was done now than have to do it shortly after wedging the V in there, after the rack work was done and before the engine bay clean, The rubber damper plate was 50% split and was obviously the cause of my slightly numb steering feel recently.
IMG_3225 by Deanxm, on FlickrStill a lot of de-greasing to do but at least i found all those long lost nuts and bolts from yers gone by.
Here is a good one, a shot of the 2.0i downpipe flange and OE 3.0 V6 downpipe flange, its a bit interesting
IMG_3222 by Deanxm, on FlickrAnd look at the inside of this downpipe from the 2.0i engine, nearly 3000 miles of use on that and it is as clean as the day it was made, that engine is/was running so well
IMG_3223 by Deanxm, on FlickrI have a video of the Prestige's final drive back from the MOT station to home with good audio i was going to uplaod to Youtube as it did sound nice but i cant get it to uplaod from the iphone for some reason, gives up 3hrs into the upload but i will crack it and post.
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