Ok, after much thought, I've decided to stick with the F2. mainly due to costs, as I had 95% of the bits required to F2T the wagon.
So, the wagon is now home to an rebuilt F2 (20 thou over). This includes a ported and rebuilt head, HD clutch, rebuilt turbo box, T25G turbo atached to an FE8 manifold (pics to come later), turbotech boost controller, Supra intercooler with 2" piping, SSQV BOV, Woo's personal tune chip, etc...
It still needs a few things to be sorted. Some wiring needs to be sorted between the engine loom and the chassis loom, but it shouldn't be too hard. It needs the interior to be peiced back together as well as fluids added, but it's close to being limped to the exhaust shop for a 2.5" system.
enough babble, here are some progress shots.
THe difference between the removed auto pedal box and the manual pedal box. Note the nice clean looking one, is not the one being used
The brake pedal switch was different to suit the different wiring in the GV.
Who can spot the difference between the early model GD and late model GV steering column? besides the airbag control unit and different looming.
Motor just after it was lowered into the engine bay.
Some pics of the FE8 manifold fitted. There has been discussion that there is significant difference between the FE8 and the F2 manifolds in terms of fitment. The head flange is the same with the internal porting being different. the angle that the turbo flange is on is also different. Instead of being angled away from the dizzy as on the F2's it is parallel with the head flange. The internal port size is slightly smaller at the head, and merges from 4 - 2 -1, unlike the 4 - 1 design of the F2. after it merges into 2, the internal diameter increases.
Another thing to note is that it has FE3G stamped into it.
The other difference is the location of the EGR turbo. it is further away from the head than the F2 and uses a different EGR tube. Neither the FE8 nor the F2T tube will fit when using the 12V head, so I cut it and neatly flattened the end so it looked like it was there, but in fact it's not connected at all. What about the EGR valve? wont it suck in unmetered air? Yep, sure will. But I blocked it off and left it in place.
The old supra intercooler and piping I had fitted to my old red TX5 (RIP), fitted fairly well, considering I made it to fit the VJ11 and the old air research T3. The FE8 manifold and T25 combo, brought the turbo outlet closer to the radiator, but it still managed to fit.....just.
After some rough trimming of the radiator panel, the piping fits neatly. I sprayed the edges with some black paint and then went around it with some electrical conduit, leaving a neat non-finger-cutting finish.
This is one of the electrical issues faced when using a GD1021 engine loom in a GV1124. The looms dont match with plugs, and there is excess wires, especially when converting from Auto to manual. This was easily fixed by the old cut and shut method.
This was how the engine bay was looking 2 nights ago, before my silicone joiners and BOV arrived.
Further progress was made tonight, with the clutch master fitted and all the little fiddly items tidied up. More progress pics to come shortly.