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HI guys.
Can someone tell me if a 4 cylinder opel 4 speed LX sunbird is basically the same as a 253 4 speed LX? I mean in terms of the basic body, chassis all that kind of stuff. Basically for reshelling of a rusty car? Cheers.
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I would transfer all the mechanicals including the front suspension from the six to the 4 body, I htink the front cross member is different and the front brakes were drums.
At least youll have an unstressed body to work with.
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thanx JBM.
Drum brakes - Good point. By front crossmember do you mean gearbox crossmember? I would do that i guess and yep all the front end and diff too. The 253 is i think 76 and the sunbird is 77 so i think they should both be RTS. Apart from that eve
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Front cross member goes under the engine.
James
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make sure you change the original 3.90 diff centre to something,.... anything else but 3.90.
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Depending upon the gearbox some 4cyl examples had the box mounted further forward and hence the gearstick is in the wrong spot. I think it was a UC with Starfire and MC6 where I found this out. As JBM says the Opel powered LX has a different front crossme |
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