W58 to AE85...

[stalker]

Tried searching, but my male vision got the better of me! (Ie. I got board after 10min of reading)

What I want to know is:
When putting in my W58 into my AE85, what crossmember can I use??

Will a W58 one work if I just re-drill the holes to match up with the AE mounting points? Or is there some pain in the a$$, complicated thing I have to do to make it work?

Cheers all

[d1 mule]

yes it will, from memory just slot the 2 front holes and it works. only has 2 bolts tho but its all good

[evil_si]

cert man will most probably require more than just 2 holes,
think the last one i did i cut the feet of the mount off, bolted them to the chassis and modified the rest of the mount to suit

[d1 mule]

had a look, the x member holes off the W55/7/8 dont line up, i just driled new holes.

factory has 2 bolt mounts why should it be any different??

[AE85.6]

Read somewhere (maybe here or GD ?) ae85 auto ones work but still need the holes slotted slightly, the guy used his for cert but I think from memory it was using washers over the holes.

I hoarded one to try the same when I thought about putting w series in my levin, thought maybe weld the washers in place though ? Don't actually know how close a fit was as never had it dummied up.

Would let you have it to test if of interest however listed a whole lotta crap on trademe and someone has hit reserve, if is of interest its only up to $15 though....

[stalker]

Ahh true...might has to rungi something up

Ill go put a bid in and see if I can win me your one and least give it a shot.

Cheers

[AE85.6]

Ye if I had seen your post earlier I would have offered before listing it,
only recently been having a nosey on here again just been slack for a long time heh.

[stalker]

hehe tis all good.