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Browno		#1 Posted : Monday, 11 May 2009 5:46:46 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 31/12/2007(UTC) Posts: 205		hey all, putting a 4 speed single rail in my xt wagon crossmeber needs to be moved back about 2-3inchs any ideas on how to achieve this? any one done this before? Drive It Like You Stole It......Drive it like you own it
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Jim5.0		#2 Posted : Monday, 11 May 2009 6:45:37 AM(UTC)
Rank: Veteran Reputation: Groups: Moderator, Registered, Veteran Joined: 2/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 2,898 Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s)		Are there not extra holes where the cross member bolts in specifically to do this? The single rail rear mount should be in the same place as the three speed mount or have you changed the engine too? ------------------------------------------------
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Browno		#3 Posted : Monday, 11 May 2009 6:54:50 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 31/12/2007(UTC) Posts: 205		hey jim. couldnt see any extra holes will check that out tommorrow. measured from the face where it bolts on to the bellhousing back to the rear mount and it was longer than the 3 speed hmm might not be a single rail, Drive It Like You Stole It......Dr
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Browno		#4 Posted : Friday, 15 May 2009 8:04:38 PM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 31/12/2007(UTC) Posts: 205		the to boxes couldnt see any extra holes Drive It Like You Stole It......Drive it like you own it
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Jim5.0		#5 Posted : Saturday, 16 May 2009 8:13:28 AM(UTC)
Rank: Veteran Reputation: Groups: Moderator, Registered, Veteran Joined: 2/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 2,898 Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s)		Your single rail looks like it's a Cortina one judging by the shifter location. Anyway that aside I have just measured my single rail and from the flat face that buts against the bell housing to the centre of the hole where the mount rubber bolts to
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Browno		#6 Posted : Saturday, 16 May 2009 6:16:24 PM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 31/12/2007(UTC) Posts: 205		g'day measured the box up got the same measurements as u did. sorry i stand corrected went and made sure and there is another one in front of the whole where it was mounted.
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Jim5.0		#7 Posted : Sunday, 17 May 2009 8:43:23 AM(UTC)
Rank: Veteran Reputation: Groups: Moderator, Registered, Veteran Joined: 2/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 2,898 Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s)		Ok my brother mounted a single rail behind a 4.1 in his XW I'll ask him how he got around the problem. If at first you don't succeed then skydivi
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Browno		#8 Posted : Monday, 18 May 2009 2:43:25 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 31/12/2007(UTC) Posts: 205		thanks mate will save me some head acks Drive It Like You Stole It......Drive it like you own it
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Browno		#9 Posted : Tuesday, 19 May 2009 3:26:31 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 31/12/2007(UTC) Posts: 205		http://www.fastlane.com....topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20156 Drive It Like You Stole It......Drive it like you own it
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Browno		#10 Posted : Tuesday, 19 May 2009 3:28:06 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 31/12/2007(UTC) Posts: 205		http://www.fastlane.com....topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20156 gues this would be a cortina single rail then? Drive It Like You Stole It......Drive it like you own it
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Jim5.0		#11 Posted : Tuesday, 19 May 2009 8:58:12 AM(UTC)
Rank: Veteran Reputation: Groups: Moderator, Registered, Veteran Joined: 2/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 2,898 Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s)		That one almost looks V4 transit. The Cortina single rail has the shifter further forward than a Falcon one which is the only real difference. If at f
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Jim5.0		#12 Posted : Thursday, 21 May 2009 6:12:30 AM(UTC)
Rank: Veteran Reputation: Groups: Moderator, Registered, Veteran Joined: 2/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 2,898 Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s)		OK I spoke to my brother and he said that XR's XT's and early XW's had only two holes each side. Later XW's onwards had three holes either side. Fitting an FMX also yields the same problem. He said that he got around it by using a 6mm thick pla
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Browno		#13 Posted : Friday, 22 May 2009 3:27:04 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 31/12/2007(UTC) Posts: 205		yeah i thought id have to make up an adapter of some type, cheers for the help jim really appreciate it, keep u posted on how it all goes,just have to get a decent 250 crossflow after that Drive It Like You Stole It......Drive it like you own it
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Jim5.0		#14 Posted : Friday, 22 May 2009 6:12:23 AM(UTC)
Rank: Veteran Reputation: Groups: Moderator, Registered, Veteran Joined: 2/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 2,898 Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s)		My brother had one of those in front of his single rail. It was good enough to leave 302's behind. I think that he may still have that lying around too. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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