Cummins Drift Truck a la Dum-Dum

[Dum-Dum]

Nothing can prepare you for the size of a 6BT - you think you know how big they are, then it arrives and you're like 'oh f*ck'...

That firewall and tranny tunnel is gonna require some serious percussive maintenance to get it to fit!!!

No I'm pretty sure I've got an idea. I've seen diagrams that put the engine at 1m long by 1m tall, to put that into perspective my engine bay is 85cm long (slam panel to bulkhead) but then that is a little longer than a land rover bay. The bay is also nowhere near tall enough but some creative bodywork will fix that.

Dum dum, I wouldn't use hammerite, as I found it doesn't last at all. Stone chip works mind, and I think you can paint of the top of that too.

You obviously aren't applying it right. I've seen it stick on wheels and brakes for years and years. In fact we painted the front valance on my mates mk3 fiesta (the rustiest car known to man) when it started looking tatty with silver brush on hammerite. We saw it years later after he'd got rid in a scrap yard, the valance was still perfect looking and silver and the only pannel of the car that wasn't crusty as f*ck.

TL;DR, I trust hammerite, I'm sticking with it.