Leone Phase 2

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:57 pm

Ok lads, the time has come.
I have decided to keep the leone and kick her into phase 2!!!
EJ TIME !

I have just purchased myself a 1993 liberty wagon for a donor car.

What I am asking is for help/info on what I need to do so I have all bases coverd and I can move for a smooth operation (fingers crossed)

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks
Brendan

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:00 pm

its a 1986 l series carby btw

for those who dont know :P

Post by **Alex** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:31 pm

yeeaaaoow!....good stuff Bren

i'll be looking very soon too...maybe in a month i will have more than enough $$$

alex

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:43 pm

oh boy im more excited than a priest in a playground!

will it be ready for the camp trip? i cant help mechanically but im good for free labour- well almost free if u dont count the drinks

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:44 pm

I take it the Liberty donor isn't worth the effort?

There's more than enough people in Perth now that know the routine. Put on a night with a BBQ and drinks and get us all around there.

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:17 am

Lemme get a list going, other people add stuff I forget...

- Swap your spare EFI fuel tank and fuel lines into the Leone (sorry Alex I think you wanted this!)
- Get somebody competent to cut down the EJ wiring loom then you can mount it in the car (best to take th guards off and run it through there into the car) - Resident EJ loom guru speak up now....

Being a carby model dash you will have to hook some of the instrument wires up by tracing the wires directly up into the dashboard instead of just splicing in where the MPFI computer was but this isn't really much harder.
- EJ should bolt straight onto your engine crossmember using the EJ engine mounts.
- Get exhaust headers adapted to your exhaust (or a whole new system made up).
- Get a custom dual core radiator made up with brass end tanks and inlet/outlet pipes to match an EJ radiator. You will also need to buy a couple of good thermo fans for this. Davies Craig 12" jobbies do the trick for me!
- Get a new EA clutch with heavy duty pressure plate (or mabey just give your existing one a go if its a good one).
- Get an engine to gearbox adaptor plate.
- Get your EA flywheel to bolt onto the EJ engine (I think you can slot a few of the holes slightly or better yet drill new ones between the existing ones).
- Power steering lines *might* need the rack ends cut off and different threads soldered on if they don't fit the EA rack......my RS lines plugged straight in but im not sure if EJ22 ones do - somebody correct me.
- Some slight modification required to the gromet of the EJ accellerator cable to get it to fit through the Leone firewall I beleive.
- Cut/weld engine stay rod to suit. (easy just use half the EJ one and half the EA one or something like that).
- Might be an idea to whip the timing covers off (I think one of them is cracked from the Lib's front ender??) and have a look at the condition of the timing belt - it might need replacing. This is the best time to do it in that case.
- Get her driving then throw some new oil, filter and spark plugs into her after a few days.
- Stock bash plate wont have much hope of fitting now with the lift kit and bigger EJ sump so mabey think about a custom one before you destroy it!

Most of that should be pretty easy really. I guess the most expensive thing is the custom radiator (about $400) plus fans (about $120 each from memory).

Am I forgetting anything?

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:58 am

tim_81coupe wrote:I take it the Liberty donor isn't worth the effort?

There's more than enough people in Perth now that know the routine. Put on a night with a BBQ and drinks and get us all around there.

i think a big bbq / drink / and heated pool

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:26 pm

for the engine i will get all new belts, pullys, plugs, leads and also do rocket cover gaskets. and the passenger timing cover is cracked a bit

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:27 pm

looks like andrew is the ej master now :P got it all sused

Post by **Alex** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:00 pm

hey can u keep a note of how much you spend in total? i'm gonna seriously start putting some money away for it..

alex

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:15 pm

Hmm I wonder if that timing cover could be plastic-welded back together, or perhaps glued?

Otherwise I'm sure somebody has a dead EJ22 laying around somewhere just waiting for its covers to be ganked.

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:17 pm

I have Ej22 bits and peices from my old EJ22 engine... let me know if u get stuck on anything. I actually probably have these "pulleys" your after too... since i gaffed the motor of absolutely everything before getting rid of it.

I also have advanced knowledge on the harness... i think perhaps im being refered to as the wiring guro by andrew.

Dave

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:45 pm

SuBaRiNo wrote:I have Ej22 bits and peices from my old EJ22 engine... let me know if u get stuck on anything. I actually probably have these "pulleys" your after too... since i gaffed the motor of absolutely everything before getting rid of it.

I also have advanced knowledge on the harness... i think perhaps im being refered to as the wiring guro by andrew.

Dave

Hey Dave, im after the front timing cover + the 2 front pulley’s the timing belt looks brand new so i might leave that...
Btw Dave just let us know if ur up and what time suit u and what costing is involved and if u need me to buy any equipment?

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:47 pm

90subiewgn wrote:hey can u keep a note of how much you spend in total? i'm gonna seriously start putting some money away for it..

alex

No probs mate, ill try and itemize spending and steps of the routine for ya

Post by **Alex** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:59 pm

awesome man, i'll let you do yours first, so if theres any prob's we'll know for mine...hahaha

alex

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:16 pm

i wanna plan it all out.. make sure i got all areas coverd etc
get engine running nice all ready to go..
then adapt to leone engine bay and gearbox
do tank / pump and all other bits.. then wire her up

Post by **Alex** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:30 pm

i will come and help you with the conversion, i gotta learn!

alex

waggaclint · Post by **waggaclint** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:33 pm

ill be keen to check it out too...ill be doing mine sometime this year so it will be good to have a look...so if ya need a hand ill help ya out...

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:24 pm

im not allowed to do any conversions

but ill come watch if u do this big swappy day.
alex its gonna be harder for u coz u need a daily- better think about that too-how long will it take roughly.

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:59 pm

subi wrote:im not allowed to do any conversions .

Do a testical conversion on your crotch!