Aurora 4.0l / Izuzu 5 speed swap into 88 coupe (Page 75/102)
cptsnoopy APR 26, 01:29 AM
I'm giving up.... I mean I'm giving in... I'm getting some help with the sanding so my project will actually have a body on it before I croak.... Hopefully updates soon.

Charlie
cptsnoopy MAY 10, 10:44 PM
I just posted this in the mall:


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I finally gave in and sent my body parts to a guy to have them prepped and painted so I can actually drive and tune my 8 year garage queen with the Shelby Aurora engine in it...
Most of my parts are in decent shape with the exception of the wing stands and the right (passenger) outer door skin. I am hoping to get these parts from someone within a week or so and if possible (I know it's a long shot) locally...
The Body I am using is an 86GT but I am pretty sure the parts can be from an 87 or 88GT also... If anyone can help out please post or PM what you have and what you want for them... Thank you very much!

Charlie



If anyone can help with two nice wing-stands and a right door skin for an 86-88GT it would be much appreciated! These parts will be repainted so only the integrity of the parts is important.

Charlie

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pavo_roddy MAY 15, 02:56 PM
HI all

How big is the 4.0 Olds Aurora engine? Is it bigger or smaller than a 3.4 DOHC?

Thanx all,

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Will MAY 15, 03:37 PM
Bigger. It has slightly wider heads on a wider bank angle and is longer as well.

It is lighter than the 3.4, though.

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pavo_roddy MAY 15, 03:39 PM
HI all

Thanx, though I was hoping it actually may have been smaller..

Thanx all!!

Ear-ick
cptsnoopy MAY 17, 09:57 PM
The Lambo door hinges were a great idea and they work fine until I tried to fit the fenders. Some time consuming modifications will be required just to maybe get lucky and have them work.
The guy that made them has since made a new design that will fit better out of the box. Beta testing can be a biatch sometimes...

Charlie


Passenger side very close to done now. Lots of material removed from the hinge arm but it still looks and feels strong enough. This may work yet.. Still have to do the drivers side... At least another couple of days for that...

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cptsnoopy MAY 24, 11:43 AM
Some pics of the Lambo door hinge modifications and wire extensions.

Front to rear of the passenger side lambo door hinge. It's not easy to see but there is very little clearance between the gas struts and the hinge arm.


Notice the nuts used as spacers to move the gas struts further away from the hinge arm. These are the crux of the problem. The struts push the fender outward once the door is opened by this amount...




I asked Jessie about this and he recommended shaving the hinge arm to give more room between the gas struts and the hinge arm. below are examples of what I did to both hinges. After shaving the hinge arm I was able to remove all the nut spacers.. Now the gas struts just touch the fender when the door is swung fully open.




Once that was done it was apparent that the top edge of the hinge body also hit the fender just before the door was fully swung outward... More grinding...







A couple of pics of the mock up while modifying the door hinges and fitting the fender and door skins, all of which require modification.







The lambo door hinges require extending the wires to the various electric options if installed. A manual door has two wires for the ajar light switch. My doors now have pw, pl and pm. That makes 13 wires that needed a 10" extension. The first pic is of the passenger side wire extensions before soldering them to the door side of the wires. The next pic shows how much extra wire is hanging from the door with extensions... The last pic is of the driver's side wire extensions. I figure that they are going to be used a lot more so I got high strand count, very flexible wire to do this side. Once those are soldered in I will start looking into mounting the temp sensor and routing power to the self dimming mirror with temp and compass.







Charlie
cptsnoopy JUN 01, 12:04 PM
1.5" Held drop spindles are on order. I am hoping I can adapt the 12" brakes to work without too much trouble. The additional width from using the rear bearing setup might cause issues with spacing... I'll report what I find.
The body parts are pretty much prepped (from what I am told) and are awaiting a slot in the painter's schedule. It could be up to 6 weeks to get them all in and out of the paint booth with fitting parts in between other projects... That should give me plenty of time to get the drop spindles installed and working...

Charlie
Bloozberry JUN 02, 06:57 AM
The rear bearing assemblies on the front of HT's drop spindles push the wheel mounting flange 4.6mm further out.
topcat JUN 02, 08:19 AM
I had similar fit issues with those same hinges - i decided to go back to stock instead of the modifying to the hinges and or fenders.


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Originally posted by cptsnoopy:

The Lambo door hinges were a great idea and they work fine until I tried to fit the fenders. Some time consuming modifications will be required just to maybe get lucky and have them work.
The guy that made them has since made a new design that will fit better out of the box. Beta testing can be a biatch sometimes...

Charlie


Passenger side very close to done now. Lots of material removed from the hinge arm but it still looks and feels strong enough. This may work yet.. Still have to do the drivers side... At least another couple of days for that...