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in recent months one of our members found that the starter ring diameter was smaller on AWD flywheels compared to FWD flywheels (what I used for my 1st swap). This means that the starter will not engage when using the D50 transmission. I think he found a starter sprocket that make up for this ...

blue1 wrote:Hey EvolUtion, what inlet manifold is that? and are you still running your heater?

Evo5 in with modified flange to fit vr4 ports... E4 ex and turbo

yeah i'm gonna try and keep the heater (cold NZ winters!)

Sounds awesome! its funny I was thinking about that last week when i saw one with a factory 4G64 in it. (the older models never had 2.4 in New Zealand) I wonder how strong the new gearbox's are?

How is clearance in the newer engine bay? i might make this my next project

Yeah the auto plate (which i have) is different so lined up with the RWD gearbox.. what gearbox are you using?

I have looked into it and the starter from a 2.5 diesel mitsu engine might work.. it has 10 teeth and still 105mm between the holes

I havn't fired mine up yet, still got that starter/flywheel problem...

Thats a nice truck Blue! is it yours?

So I'm trying to correct this without pulling the gearbox out again, and buying a new flywheel.

At the moment I have the guts out of the starter and I'm looking for another assembly with a bigger pinion that I can transplant into the mitsu casing so it will bolt up.

I'm determine to find a ...

Yeah dont use a AWD flywheel

I'm thinking maybe a wideblock starter? or are they the same aswell?

This is what i'm basing my assumptions on

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~onnzo/tranny.html

after doing some research it looks like our GVR4 flywheels are slightyly smaller than the DSM ones (5mm or so)

I'm really not too keen to take the engine/gearbox out again so i may end up maiking an adaptor plate of some sort or find a starter with a bigger pinion.... any idea of a starter that ...

US it will be a 1G or maybe you call it a GVR4?, it's a '91 the last of that shape here, I'm using D50 trans,narrow block, 1G Flywheel, Auto 1G starter.. I'm hoping that if i buy and bolt up a manual starter it will work?

anyone??? i need to sort this asap

dtl1218 wrote:What did you use for your O2 housing, I'm at the point where I need to start on the housing.

- David

I had some flanges cut in 12mm mild steel, then just weld it up where it fits with some 3" pipe

Here's a pic of the back

I have basically just relocated it to the front as you can see in the pic, the pipe goes from the back of the head, under the intake to the thermostat just infront of the throttle. plenty of clearance for the firewall, just get busy with a hammer to make room for the CAS

This was taken with my phone so crap quality



Fuel system is next, once i sort out the starter problem!!

i boltd it all up today but the starter doesnt engage the flywheel... are auto and manual starters not the same?

Can someone confirm this for me? it looks like a real squeeze!

Try the 1600 crank in the 2.4 and let us know how that revs..

Sounds good but expensive... I'm happy just with skids

so you can confirm the AWD flywheel fits in the mm gearbox? it looks really tight! what release bearing do i use? and will the VR4/DSM starter bolt up?

And it's going into this..

The engine is almost ready to be dropped in.. just need a hole drilled in the flywheel for the pilot bearing and we're set

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f38/EvoUtion/e3831edf.jpg


http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f38/EvoUtion/bffb3bfa.jpg


http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f38/EvoUtion ...

is the bearing as thick as the flywheel, ie. the hole goes right through? so it just presses in there?

And what pilot bearing do you use with the larger shaft? machine the centre of the DSM flywheel and put it there? has anyone got pics of how that works?