F28 Fitting Kit... Which one?

[NovaNeil]

Hi, Im looking to buy an F28 fitting kit (both the FWD conversion and the parts to fit it into a Nova) Can anyone recommend the best kit? I've seen the M-Tech one for about ?375.... Is that the best? or are there others?

Cheers

Neil

[Rick Draper]

Hi, Im looking to buy an F28 fitting kit (both the FWD conversion and the parts to fit it into a Nova) Can anyone recommend the best kit? I've seen the M-Tech one for about ?375.... Is that the best? or are there others?

Cheers

Neil

I would go now for a self fabricated kit, TBH the Mtech kit is shit, my mate cut mine up and started again as no 2 novas are the same. Buy a FWD conversion kit for the F28 and make the mount yourself. Rick

[Ben]

Ive heard a lot of people having to change the premade mounts as they never fit.

[NovaNeil]

Ok, cheers guys.... Rick, have you got a pic you could post of the Mount that needs fabricating please???

Cheers

Neil

[Chris]

I priced the FWD conversion kit up last week, the cheapest place I found was Cossvaux at sheffield, priced at ?85.

Chris

[rodgerq]

heres a few

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v343/rodgerq/f28mount.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v343/rodgerq/f28mount2.jpg

the above 2 use a front drivers side mount welded onto the chassis leg of the passenger side then an intermediate mount made as you can see.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v343/rodgerq/f28inanovamount.jpg

this one is where someone has welded the chassis leg from a cav into the leg of the nova and used the original cav mount.

rodgerq

rodgerq

[R1CH]

If you can, make your own.
I made a mount to weld on the chassis leg to hold the std Calibra rubber mount, then made up another to join the box to the rubber mount.
At first i used the drivers side engine mount & rubber then made up a mount to join the two (like the 2 top pics) but there seemed to a fair bit of side to side play for some reason, even with new rubber mounts !?
I'd reccomend using the Calibra rubber mount if you can.

Rich

[rodgerq]

If you can, make your own.
I made a mount to weld on the chassis leg to hold the std Calibra rubber mount, then made up another to join the box to the rubber mount.
At first i used the drivers side engine mount & rubber then made up a mount to join the two (like the 2 top pics) but there seemed to a fair bit of side to side play for some reason, even with new rubber mounts !?
I'd reccomend using the Calibra rubber mount if you can.

Rich

i'll be using a modded TAS drivers side mount so side to side play should be an issure, but yeah i agree with you on it being an issure with the standard mount as they arent designed to stop end play.

rodgerq

[NovaNeil]

Thanks alot mate, thats awesome. One last question.... Is it just that mount that needs modding? What about the rear one? And does the box fool on anything?

Cheers

Neil

[rodgerq]

Thanks alot mate, thats awesome. One last question.... Is it just that mount that needs modding? What about the rear one? And does the box fool on anything?

Cheers

Neil

i think theres a bit that needs ground off the back mount, hard to explain but you will see it when you offer it up. it also needs spaced like the f20 and the box needs holes drilling and tapping to a larger size to take the mount bolts.

rodgerq