FireKraka wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2020 2:56 pm
Mate just checked eBay, do a search for hr engine mounts, $120 + $15 postage.
Put them on the engine lower the engine onto said hr cross member tack them in position lift up engine, weld mounts buda bing mounts all done and in the right position.
Neil
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Big block 161
Holley sniper EFI.
Vintage air ducted heat and cool.
Ek auto column shift.
Lj diff and reverse lights.
WA FB~EK Car Club Member.
Do you have to change to HR style arms when installing a HR front end?
Or will a fb bolt in.
I have good sump clearance with the steering arm atm and it looks the HR sit back a little more closer to the sump.
When was the change to the later style arms.
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Big block 161
Holley sniper EFI.
Vintage air ducted heat and cool.
Ek auto column shift.
Lj diff and reverse lights.
WA FB~EK Car Club Member.
Don’t have to but I reckon it reduces play. I put one on my king pin front in the ute.
The only measurement you need to the engine block is to centre the crank snout in the semi circular cut out in the centre of the bottom radiator support panel.
Rob Ardiesse put me on to this. The cut out was put there to enable fitting the harmonic balancer removal tool.
FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
getting my FB ute on the road
EK van on rotisserie
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Big block 161
Holley sniper EFI.
Vintage air ducted heat and cool.
Ek auto column shift.
Lj diff and reverse lights.
WA FB~EK Car Club Member.
Found a easier way to convert king pin to ball joint front end and 2"s lower
Add arms , flip spindle , dont worry about camber
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Last edited by mph on Thu Feb 13, 2020 5:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.
FB-Special
Big block 161
Holley sniper EFI.
Vintage air ducted heat and cool.
Ek auto column shift.
Lj diff and reverse lights.
WA FB~EK Car Club Member.
Do the remote vh44 boosters need to be changed out when going to a disk brake front end.
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Big block 161
Holley sniper EFI.
Vintage air ducted heat and cool.
Ek auto column shift.
Lj diff and reverse lights.
WA FB~EK Car Club Member.
Vh40 is used with discs I believe. It is larger. But then I've known cars that run discs unboosted successfully. You could try the vh44 and see how it goes.
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getting my FB ute on the road
EK van on rotisserie
Errol62 wrote:Vh40 is used with discs I believe. It is larger. But then I've known cars that run discs unboosted successfully. You could try the vh44 and see how it goes.
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Roji
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Big block 161
Holley sniper EFI.
Vintage air ducted heat and cool.
Ek auto column shift.
Lj diff and reverse lights.
WA FB~EK Car Club Member.
Another rare spares store emailed back saying use the ek frame bolts and spacers with the hr front.
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Big block 161
Holley sniper EFI.
Vintage air ducted heat and cool.
Ek auto column shift.
Lj diff and reverse lights.
WA FB~EK Car Club Member.
I made a rough jig to measure the height and distance of the out rigger on the ek frame and on the hr frame, 99% certain it will end up the correct height and length to the front mount support? Does this sound correct.
FB-Special
Big block 161
Holley sniper EFI.
Vintage air ducted heat and cool.
Ek auto column shift.
Lj diff and reverse lights.
WA FB~EK Car Club Member.
When I did mine 30 years ago, at the young age of 22 I just cut it off welded it the HR front like you are doing and it fit perfect. I don't think I even measured it !
You can buy the HR to EK rubbers as a kit so don't be tempted to cut the EK mounts off its just a waste of time.
I will second what Greg says. At the same time he was doing his disc conversion I was doing mine. . . The early crossmember outrigger fitted straight onto the HR crossmember. I used all the HR mounting hardware (bolts, washers, spacer tubes and rubbers) and it worked fine.
