DIY: CE 6A12 conversion

Have you given some V8s a run for their money at the lights :)

Have you got some recent pic with it all cleaned up?
 
Have just finished this conversion, gets mod plate on thrus morning pending everything being al l good to be passed.

Very very fun little car.. Fair bit of work, but worth it for that sweet 8500 limiter.

I'm just in the process of doing the climate control stuff as we speak, pics to be up soon.
 
borry said:
Have just finished this conversion, gets mod plate on thrus morning pending everything being al l good to be passed.

Very very fun little car.. Fair bit of work, but worth it for that sweet 8500 limiter.

I'm just in the process of doing the climate control stuff as we speak, pics to be up soon.
Click to expand...

Ride thread ... K GO!
 
will do, just gotta get it back together and washed to take pics for said ride thread!

The only photos I have of it atm are of it in bits!
 
Just finished putting the engine in myself and all hooked up... there are a few things I noted that'll make life easier and 'safer'.

I just want to add to this part...
6A12 Engine (mivec or non) *note turbo and twin turbo setups are possible (best option is to get a FTO front cut and it comes with everything you need - manual mivecs are hard to find, but you can find it)
Gearbox to match up to the 6A12 A 4g93/4g94/4g15 box will all bolt upto a 6A12, and vise versa... the bell housing is identical from what I can see...
FTO wiring loom O2 sensors for the 6A/FTO are on the interior loom, not on the engine loom. So it's better to run a FTO interior loom even if it's at least the front section
FTO front and rear axles (if doing a 5 stud conversion) I'm using stardard lancer ones, if you have an LSD box you'll have to run different shafts but I'm not too sure...
Click to expand...

Things I want to add: fuel lines, the 4g93/4g15 lines are too short. Especially the return line which was about an inch short. The feed line reached but the line was tort (taught? idk) so swapped that and now it can move with the engine.
MAP sensor from the 6A/FTO, sometimes if you buy a loom they don't come with it, make sure you have one. Even more so if you have a g93 which uses MAF.
FTO Vacuum lines, for instance brake booster and fuel regulator. Big must IMO since they're longer and the g93/g15 ones won't reach.
I also suggest doing a battery relocation to free up some room in the engine bay.

Other than that, if you have a wrecked FTO swapping the engine is fairly straight forward... bit more involved than a g15->g93 swap but not has hard as a g15 -> LS1 swap...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top