Keep in mind that there are 13 different gear ratios
found in the 1500 tranny. Also, the 1500 tranny was
used in the GT6 (possibly the bigger bell housing
issue). The 1500 is a common trans and there are two
different input shaft sizes.
Dan Dwelley
77 Midget
Alexandria, Va.
--- Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca> wrote:
> Larry Miller wrote:
> >
> > Trevor
> >
> > Guy Weller in the UK did a write-up of his
> installation and you can find it
> > at
> > http://ado13.com/techs/tech3/od1500.html
>
> That article actually has some good info. Sounds
> like he went at
> it the same way I did, and got good results, so
> that's good.
>
> I did notice a detail though, his overdrive works
> on third. He
> also said he had the wrong bellhousing and input
> shaft, but the
> "correct" spitfire one bolts right up.
>
> I have the "correct" spitfire unit, but from all I
> have read
> the overdrive lockout switch only lets it work in
> 4th. I beleive
> overdrive 3rd is also pretty close to 4th in ratio
> and this
> was part of the rationale.
>
> I won't know until I find a spare shift lever and
> start doing
> some testing, but that might be a difference from
> the source
> vehicle.
>
> --
> Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
> Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
> ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
> "The bake sale to raise money for the car wash has
> been cancelled." -
> Skinner
=====
Dan Dwelley
77 Midget
Alexandria, Va.
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