If you're thinking of going the Essex V6 route you'll ideally want to find
sump, dipstick, front cover, and oil pick-up pipe off of one with the "pan"
at the front, as that will fit in the bay without mods.
Also, to fit 5-gears to an essex you need a modified bell housing to fit a
Type9 box. I used a V4 bellhousing, elongated mount holes and ground pivot
slightly to take an extended sierra clutch arm, but it still needed an 8mm
spacer plate to get the depth right.
Alternatively there's the Cologne V6, available with 5-gears as standard,
but I'm not sure how easily the sump clears the crossmember.
No doubt either of these fit more easily than the V8, but not quite as cool
Sid
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tigran" <modifications@vauxhallviva.com>
To: <modifications@vauxhallviva.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:51 PM
Subject: The V8 Viva progress.
Well after months of using the excuse that 'it's 130miles from me so how
can i do work on it' I have brought the viva down to bournemouth, so can
now bosh on with doing some work on getting that daimler lump to fit. Last
couple of months have been spent getting the capri on the road and keeping
it there and building the engine for it, so now I can dedicate some time
to the viva, woot! Thing is I have access to a load of different ford V6's
not 5mins from me and the two V8's I was planning to use are still back in
herts. Thoughts?
