Re: 1500 Tranny

[Christopher Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>]

The difficulty witht he Spitfire OD conversion is that you have to widen
the transmission tunnel and (I think) manufacture a brace for underneath.
It's not a bolt-in.

Chris K.

At 08:59 AM 10/10/99 EDT, Daniel1312@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 10/10/99 02:11:18 GMT Daylight Time, Lancer7676@aol.com 
>writes:
>
><< Brent:  I understand this is not an option with a 1500.  The 5-speed 
> conversions are for the 1275. >>
>
>Not quite.  In the USA the Datsun based conversion are only for the A-Series 
>engine.  However, in the UK the Ford based 5 speed conversion which opens up 
>a lot of nice close ratio gear sets and at the least a quick shift lever, is 
>available for the 1500 engine.  An alternative is of course to fit the
Triump 
>overdrive gearbox which is probably less expensive.
>
>
>Daniel1312
>
>