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chassis swap

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:31 pm
by rustysrangierecks
is it possible to bolt a swb gq chassis under a swb mk. if so how much work is involved????? and will a sd33t motor bolt up to a gq gear box

Re: chassis swap

Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 3:53 pm
by MyGQ
i dont know about the chassis swap however the SD33Tengine will not bolt up to the TD/TB geaboxes you would have to get a bellhgousing converter made up for it.

Re: chassis swap

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:15 am
by ozy1
i discussed this with an engineer years ago cause i wanted to do a coil conversion and thought it was the easy way.

problem one is the wheel base lengths are different. engine mounts are different.

now in sydney to do a full chassis swap i was told that i had to update the cab to meet the ADR's of the chassis, so the seatbelts may need to be changed, lighting, instrument cluster and a whole range of other bits,

it turned out to be cheaper to buy a petrol gq SWB, which we turned into a comp truck, was the plan all along,

Re: chassis swap

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 7:06 pm
by rustysrangierecks
bugger... might just try to put the fibre glass roof on the gq then... lots of work but should (hopefully) be possibly

Re: chassis swap

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:18 pm
by patrol_maverick
rustysrangierecks wrote:bugger... might just try to put the fibre glass roof on the gq then... lots of work but should (hopefully) be possibly
Why would you want a crap fibreglass roof on a GQ anyway?

Re: chassis swap

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:51 pm
by rustysrangierecks
i like the way they look plus i have a spare rust free body