Rich-
Just about any Chevy 4 or 5 speed from 70's or earlier(?) through the Camero T-5
5-speed 1984 through 1992.
The T-5 is the most common swap tranny at this time. The later T-56 6-speed will
work, but a lot of hacking on the trans tunnel of a MGB to make it fit.
The easiest to fit is the old T-50 from Monza's & Nova's mid to late 70's, but
not as strong as the T-50 & an odd shift pattern.
Most, if not all, of the 5-/6-speeds have an aluminum case, the earlier 4-speeds
are out of my narrow range of knowledge.
The bellhousing is a direct fit to the Rover block, but a spacer may be required
for some combinations, as the later Rover cranks are slightly longer in the
rear. A custom pilot bush will be required, but that is not a big deal, contact
D & D.
All this & more is well covered in the V-8 Newsletter. Contact Kurt for a
package of back issues. Get a link to the newsletter & other resources from my
web page http: //mgbv8.com/
Jim Stuart
Rich Atherton wrote:
> OK..I have been quiet for a long time on here because I'm not currently
> doing anything, but I'm still building my database of info for my brain...
>
> I have the what I believe to be the fairly rare GM 4 speed bellhousing off
> of the 63 Buick Special, and my block is the same and was the 4bbl version.
> So that's what I have...Now...I know it has two seperate bolt paterns for
> the tranny. one for the 3 spd, and one for the 4spd's
>
> NOW here is what I'm looking for... Can some type up a list of what
> Transmissions will bolt up. Not really interested in the 3spd's so you can
> skip those.. So the ones I'm interested in are the 4, 5, and if any of the
> GM (or other) 6 spd's will bolt up, include thoe too.
>
> In addition, if you could mention which car/engine combination they come out
> of that would be helpful when Bone-Yarding for the parts....Strength is
> concern of course, and I'm also interested in wheather the cases are Iron or
> Aluminum. I would like an All Aluminum drive live. Just becasue I think it
> would be cool...Plus it woul dbe light in wieght.
>
> Anyway, there it is...See what you can come up with. Oh One more Question.
> Will this bellhousing fit the British Blocks? and if so, All of them or just
> some. I have though of abandoning the use of this block for the updated
> british block which is stronger and has the EFI heads..
>
> Thanks in advance!...
> Rich
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jones, Daniel C <Daniel.Jones@MW.Boeing.com>
> To: buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net <buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net>
> Cc: mgb-v8@autox.team.net <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 12:12 PM
> Subject: RE: Bellhousings...
>
> >The SROD and Tremec have longer input shafts (same length as a T5)
> >than a toploader 4 speed. If you use an SROD/Tremec bellhousing
> >with a toploader, the input shaft *may* not be long enough to fully engage
> >the pilot bushing. However, a friend is getting away with it. He uses the
> >wider of the two bushings and says it works okay.
> >
> >A T-5 should not bolt up to a toploader bellhousing. I've only seen 4 bolt
> >versions.
> >
> >Dan Jones
> >
> >> ----------
> >> From: Gregory72@aol.com[SMTP:Gregory72@aol.com]
> >> Reply To: Gregory72@aol.com
> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 12:05 AM
> >> To: buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net
> >> Cc: mgb-v8@autox.team.net
> >> Subject: Bellhousings...
> >>
> >> When you say the depth won't be optimal, do you mean too long or too
> >> short?
> >> The P76 bell looks to be about 1/2" longer than the Buick 215 one. When
> I
> >>
> >> test fitted the bell on the Ford gearbox today, the tip of the mainshaft
> >> looked about right as far as length goes. Also, I've heard that there
> are
> >>
> >> different bolt patterns for Ford Toploaders. One with 8 holes and the
> >> other
> >> with a "narrow" 4 hole pattern. It's the 4 hole pattern on the Aussie
> >> bellhousing. A Ford T-5 won't bolt up to it.
> >>
> >> Greg
> >>
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