Phoenix Estate Vvc K-Series Diy Subframe Conversion

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Not a lot done, but I've made the gearbox leg removeable as it will make clutch changes much simpler. Plus I wanted that done before I started to cut the frame to clear the gearbox bolts.

I've offered it up a couple if times and addressed what has cropped up so far. I wont know exactly how the sump affects things until I've notched the bar where the gearbox hits. It didn't look like it was gonna be an issue.
I was planning to mount the engine with the drive shafts parallel through the subframe driveshaft holes (if that makes sense?) and it is nearly there.
But we'll see...

9-6-2013

Not a massive update, but I offered the engine up to the frame and yes the sump will hit the bottom arms of the frame. And considering the gearbox hits it on the other side I thought a re-design was in order.
I made these replacements up making sure they don't interfere with the tiebar or suspension bottom arm. I just need to tack them in, cut off the old straight ones and offer it all up again. Fingers crossed.

Once that's sorted I can think about the drive shaft holes. I could weld in a support (where chisel is) and add some triangulation (where the pliers are) to support the suspension arm pin. I've seen other frames where they've just cut the forward strut of the suspension tower off, to clear the drive shafts, but it just looks to flimsy for my liking.