Hi Keith,
Shock, Horror! What, Content!? I was enjoying the list debate!
This is actually very interesting to me as my Anglia project - a natural for
the Chapman Era due to (1) its vintage, (2) the fact that Lotus themselves
used one as the mule for the TwinCam and (3) there was a supercharged Anglia
(known as an Allardette) available in the late 1960s.
I am just updating the whole theme - hell rumour has it Lotus had a fair
involvement in both the design of the 4AGE (well, even if it is a bit of a
BDA clone - albeit reliable and bullet-proof (fireproof coveralls on!)).
Also the MR2 is allegedly the end result of a dead Lotus/Toyota
collaboration project.
I guess that means my Anglia has better lineage than my Leitch......
Anyway, on with my question. I am now using a T-50 Toyota behind the
supercharged 4AGZE as it is a bolt on fit, however I also have a 200B SSS
Nissan 5 speed - with the integral bell housing and reverse above first gear
pattern. This was my original gearbox preference.
I was hoping to use this box on the Anglia but it got a bit hard to mate it
up at the time. My plan was to lop off the bell housing, machine it back
flat and then bolt it to an alloy plate welded onto the back of a suitable
bellhousing. How were you planning on doing this?
As for the input shaft length problem - I ass-u-me you are using a Ford
block of some kind - is it possible to mate the front 2/3 of the ford input
shaft incl. splines etc with the back 1/3 of the Nissan?
Also - probably old news - did you know that Nissan 1600s have a steel crank
that, with minor fettling, fit Ford Kent/ BDAs? Naturally you have to use
the Nissan flywheel and front pulley - would this help in two areas -
stronger crank and easier gearbox fit?
As for the great lists debate - I like what you say. I am also on Toyota
Mods, which is generally tech based, and there are a number of guy pushing
the envelope with engine mods - very interesting content. A good list to be
on.
regards
Phil
phil.bradshaw@clear.net.nz
Auckland, New Zealand
:
Info on 4AGE and 3SGE conversions etc @
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/1043/
:
1992 Leitch Supersprint 20 Valve 4AGE Lotus 7 Replica - 68,000 Miles
1964 Ford Anglia '105-GZE' Supercharged 4AGZE Club Car Project
1985 TA 63 3TGTEU Celica Super Beater - $225 Wonder - getting some serious
repairs/mods...
1980 TA-45 2TGEU Celica Beater $200 Wonder
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
To: chapman-era@autox.team.net <chapman-era@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, 5 April 1998 03:30
Subject: actual content!
>I've been playing with the Nissan tranny some more, and the results are
>mixed. The problem I'm running into now is that I really need to move the
>tranny forward an inch, but if I lop it off of the bell housing I may run
>into trouble with the input shaft running out of splines. I'm going to take
>the tail housing to the band saw and see if i can get some more clearance.
>
>The good news for those of you without Spyder chassis is that it should be
a
>good fit. The only reason I am having these problems is that the case of
the
>tranny interferes with the tubes on the spyder. I appears that you could
>probably make an adapter plate to go from the nissan bellhousing to the
ford
>block. Even if that took up too much room, it would only mean you would
have
>to mill off an inch or so from the bell housing and weld the adapter plate
>on. Moving the shifter is the most complex part, nothing a little machine
>work and a tig welder can't handle ;).
>
>
>Keith
>
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