Longitudinal
True Classic
Okie doke... Here we begin. I am going to be making videos of this project for my YouTube channel. My plan is to make the videos then share the videos to this and other forums.
At first, I am just taking a few things apart to get the lay of the land.
I got the fuel tank out. It wasn't such a bad job, but I don't understand FIAT's predilection for placing the filler neck pipe at the bottom of a tank. If you're going to do that, how about giving us a drain plug on the tank?
The main purpose of removing the tank was not to stink up the garage with the smell of twelve year old sour gas. That was just a convenient side effect. The purpose was to start taking measurements to see how well or how poorly a Honda K20 powertrain will fit in the back. Those who know the Yugo know that the unibody has structural members running along the floor directly inboard of the rocker panels. These members will be important datums for me as I build all of the new structure in the back of the car. I am also considering them an untouchable feature of the car's structure. (SOMETHING has to be a datum...) The good news for me is that they are 43" inside to inside, which means that they are wide enough to accommodate the K20 powertrain between them. The bad news is that those structural features narrow considerably around the rear suspension, which means that I have to cut out almost all of the rear structure of the unibody and cut out a lot of the wheel wells. That's all OK. It's just metal.
At first, I am just taking a few things apart to get the lay of the land.
I got the fuel tank out. It wasn't such a bad job, but I don't understand FIAT's predilection for placing the filler neck pipe at the bottom of a tank. If you're going to do that, how about giving us a drain plug on the tank?
The main purpose of removing the tank was not to stink up the garage with the smell of twelve year old sour gas. That was just a convenient side effect. The purpose was to start taking measurements to see how well or how poorly a Honda K20 powertrain will fit in the back. Those who know the Yugo know that the unibody has structural members running along the floor directly inboard of the rocker panels. These members will be important datums for me as I build all of the new structure in the back of the car. I am also considering them an untouchable feature of the car's structure. (SOMETHING has to be a datum...) The good news for me is that they are 43" inside to inside, which means that they are wide enough to accommodate the K20 powertrain between them. The bad news is that those structural features narrow considerably around the rear suspension, which means that I have to cut out almost all of the rear structure of the unibody and cut out a lot of the wheel wells. That's all OK. It's just metal.