the baulk rings on the selector in the box could be worn causing it to jump out under load

yeah definitely makes life easier, it does still hit but as zuffen said earlier, you can trim up the top of the manifold and throttle body which takes about 20mm off the top so that will get it all fitting sweet

been a while since I've posted any updates, a far but has happened, first of all I had a guy basically walk in off the street and offer good money for my mb so I sold it.... tho not all is lost he only bought the car not all the spares and conversion, so I have decided to resurrect the suzuki ss40v ...

Hey mate, i just run 15w-40 in mine 

Quick update, been busy with a few other things I have on the go but I've managed to mount the clutch cable, cut the hole in the firewall for the shifter cables and mounted the shifter

Yep used the matiz hubs and struts, mb springs and tops, the matiz spring seat is slightly higher then the mb spring seat on the strut, not by much, not too concerned as I'll be lowering it anyway

Back on wheels again, sits a little higher with the matiz struts but I'll lower it down when I'm put in in my good mighty boy

Ok so I've been racking my brain about this left hand side cv shaft and after a few quick calls today people either don't want to know about shortening it or there is a 2.5 week wait and I don't want it to hold up my conversion process so I've cut it down myself at this stage just to keep going and ...

One of my next hurdles is mating up the mb speedo with the matiz transaxle, if anyone has any input feel free to let me know on this issue

Nah I'm not worried I've been told they ride nicer with the 3 leaf, and I want to get them reset abit lower aswell

Radiator support put back in and radiator sitting in lower hose will be easy the upper hose a may build a alloy hose and just join with rubber at either end just due to the angles needed, I think I'll run
A aftermarket thermo as the original fits but theres barely and room around it

My little hatch turned up today, mainly wanting the 3 leaf rear end and the manual pedal box for my mb build

Bit of an update for you all the matiz engine has made noise in the mb! I have wired it up and had a make do fuel system setup sitting on the ground, I've used the most basic of wires to get it running, the only other wiring I'll put in the mighty boy will be the diagnostic plug and a engine light j...

Thanks zuffen, I'll definitely look at cutting that section off and re drill and tap a new thread for the throttle body

Yes correct the alternator is on that side I just had a few issues with fitment using the f5a mount, can you shed abit more light on what you have done to the intake to make it fit under the bonnet?