Originally Posted By hillclimber
Impressive stuff. I look forward to each edition....

But some questions, please. I have a friend (heard tat one before) about to embark on the type 9 for 4 speed conversion and was asking about propshafts etc. But you suggested that the original prop is good although you swapped yokes? And, secondly, you moved the rear support bracket, but is is the same bracket? And how did you gauge how far to move it?

Last one, looking at starter motor location remind me what you're bolting to that bellhousing? Is it zetec or duratec?

cheers, Colin


Hey, thanks for looking in.. we all have a friend somewhere wink happy to share.

You are correct. We have swapped the front yoke to a Type 9 one, it was a new part we obtained via a prop specialist we use in the Wembley area. The 4 speed prop is a slightly narrower tube than the Type 9 one on the 85 car we have but it looks plenty man enough, we'll soon find out if it's up to the job once we've launched it a few times.

The rear axle is currently at JB Engineering having a Quaife LSD put into it, so we have used a spare back axle we have to check spacing. We are using the Mulfab rear axle centralising kit so this gives a bit more room for float on the front prop yoke as it has been reduced we think due to the slightly revised shape of the front yoke. It may be necessary to centralise the rear axle to make the space to use an un-shortened axle.

We did move the bracket, we have the original 4 speed and several 5 speed boxes around, right at the start we did an overall length comparison and they are the same length. In terms of the bracket it's only a case of using the front of the maincase as a reference and measure back to the mounting point and adjust accordingly. It was not much movement, couple of inches. We did use the original bracket. You can see the original holes just in front of the bracket in the pics on the previous page.

In terms of starter location, we are going for a Zetec E 2.0 unit, the same bolt pattern as the x-flow, pinto, cvh. but RHS starter exactly the same set-up as the CVH cars.

In terms of overall fit, we'll only validate this once all the drive-line is back together, but the individual checks we have done (front and back) indicate that it will work.