Paging Jack Collins.. Questions for the master

[Anonymous]

I have been looking at your crossflow swap pages and have a few questions.

Were you able to use a duraspark 2 on the 250 crossflow? I know it did not fit the 200 but was a little unsure if it fit the crossflow after you made the hole larger.

Does the US 200 or 250 fuel pump interchange?

Do you have the link to the place where you got your 1" 5 lug wheel spacers?

I should have a crossflow in my garage in a week and can't wait to start tearing into it. I plan on having my garage heated by then because I plan on sending the long Chicago winter doing a 5 lug swap and building and installing a crossflow! Thanks

 

[addo]

Hey Spyke:

You're right in that the D-II won't fit straight off. You need to mill down the input shaft if you want to use it in preference to the Oz distributor (which, when rebuilt, is a superior unit). Reaming out the block I would argue is less reliable than turning down the shaft pilot.

The Oz fuel pump has a different arm length. Many are rebuildable in type. You can either rebuild the Australian pump or swap the Oz arm onto a US pump.

Remember you need not only gaskets for the crossflow, but also to import cam, dizzy gear, all bearings... The existing oil pump cover can be remachined and it will be good to go.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks addo

So the duraspark 2 won't hit the intake on the crossflow like it did on the crossflow 200 project? I have heard from all you OZ guys that the bosch diz is better then the duraspark and Im sure it probably is. My concern is finding replacement caps and rotors for it here. One of my goals with this motor is to try to make it as "American" as I can. I just want to be sure that I can get replacement parts for the common stuff here.

 

[addo]

I would argue that Australia is nowhere as remote or unreliable as you may expect.

Still, if you want to use the D-II you must dismantle it and from the bottom of the drive gear, to the end of the shaft, reduce the diameter to that of the crossflow dizzy. Reassemble, and you're done (for maybe $30-35 in machine shop labour). No clearance issues; the last crossflow Falcons ran a modified cap and adaptor not unlike the Duraspark.

Don't leave the coil where Ford did. Pain in the ring is an understatement. :x

BTW, between work, family and a house that wore several hurricanes in the last short while, Jack's got a little bit on his plate. It's why I stepped in to answer some of your post.

 

[Greywolf]

Hey Addo...
I'm going with a coil pack setup...I assume it will still make sense to use the Aussie dizzy body to plug the hole? (Since I'll need the gear to drive the oil pump...).
Also...if I do use the whole dizzy to fill the hole, is there a particular year that seals better? Or one that I can use in place of mounting a whole crank-trigger setup (that is, with a trigger wheel that can locate the crank position)?
Thanks!
Ben

 

[addo]

Just murder a dizzy. Fit a bearing to the top of your shaft in the hacked "body" and the oil pump drive will be nice and durable.

Not heard of much joy with CAS/coilpack setups. Look up "George" Khalikouras and ask how he did his ignition. The Torana guys are generally running Bosch ignition up to the high nines on their 202s.

 

[Anonymous]

LOL

Thanks Addo. JD suggested that I get a rebuilt bosch diz and keep the old one as a back up. I guess if I did this and kept a few spare caps and rotors, I would not have any issues. I guess you are saying the same thing.

I really need my engine to get here so I can get my hands on it and stop overthing all these details! LOL

 

[Greywolf]

Maybe I'll just use the Bosch dizzy then...I got my paws on an Electromotive HPV-1 and coilpack setup, already mated to an Haltech F-3 injection controller, so I figured that might be a good setup. Ironically, I bought it from a fellow who had it on a Nissan 300ZX, but had a closer-to-stock Ford...I'm putting it on my Ford, and own a closer-to-stock 300ZX!
Ben