New member with an Mi16x4

[llama]

Sorry to slightly hijack this thread but do you still have the loom from either of those wrecked 405s Cam? The engine I got came from a BX and a 405 loom would be easier to splice into the 205 one.

[CaM]

^ if you have a bx loom, most of the 'how to' wiring diagrams are based on this loom. i think it's a little easier to deal with or something.
jap imprt looms are often whack as though

[cams16v]

Yeah I was sure the bx is a easier wiring loom to deal with as well, but yes I'm sure there's a 405 wiring loom some where in the garage

[Pee Dubbaya]

I chopped up one from silver car to slam that mi in my 205.

[cams16v]

^rough

[llama]

Yeah the howtos usually say the BX loom is good as it is all self contained, basically just give it power and plug a few things in. But the Fast Master (Simon) reckons the 405 loom is better/easier to graft into the 205 one and it will be him I run crying to when the whole thing doesn't work so I figured I'd roll with what he thinks is best 

[ReonH]

Lovely cars those Mi16x4's.  I have fond memories of the one I owned many decades ago.   It was red too! 
Remember seeing an indicated 200kph on the speedo going over the Waipuna bridge one quiet night...not sure how accurate the speedo was, but she was still pulling like a schoolboy when I thought it's probably time to jump on the anchors 

Welcome along and good luck with the resto!

[cammmy]

Welcome along. I've had two of these, so if you need any advice I might be able to help.

I've always been under the assumption that the floor pan of the AWD 405's was different from the FWD ones, so you would need to check that before committing to a swap if it's not another 4bie shell.

Chur

[Timythenerd]

I've actually been looking into that fact. It seems the tunnel is enlarged near the front to fit both the drive shaft and the forward exhaust resonator. I'm still trying to compare the two properly, but I might be able get away no resonator if I do a chassis swap. However, if I do need to modify a 2WD chassis I might as well fix my 4WD chassis. It's not that much rust...