[Fot] best gearbox for TR6

[Bob Davis]

I am a lurker on the list these days since I don't race much anymore but 
thought I would chime in on this discussion. While researching the 
Toyota gearboxes a few years back I noticed the W55 out of a Pickup 
truck will give you essentially a close ratio gearset and still have 5th 
as overdrive. The cases are the same. I had one of each, W56 and W55, 
for the TR3 racer. I too, had the Eaglegate bellhousing although it was 
one of their original welded units they were selling prior to the cast 
units they eventually developed. Really nice guy.... As a side note I 
put a Toyota T50 gearbox in a GT6 I raced a few years back. That 
conversion used the input shaft from the TR gearbox grafted onto the T50 
input shaft and an adapter plate to mount to the GT6 bellhousing. Very 
reliable and slick

Cheers, Bob

On 7/19/18 8:43 AM, Bill Tobin via Fot wrote:
>
> I dunno larry, I got my conversion from Eaglegate, who was also from 
> New Mexico, and it bolted in. Plug and play. Works great, shifts 
> smoothly, and  (so far!) reliable.
>
> Me being me, at the time, '13 I think, I picked up two spare 
> transmissions. Celica W58. For about $175 each. A friend with a 
> wrecking yard looked them  up yesterday: around $550. No, they are not 
> for sale!
>
> I believe a guy in Kansas City took over Eaglegate. If anyone is 
> interested, I could look it up.
>
> Cheers, Bill
>
>
> On 7/18/2018 11:56 PM, Larry Young via Fot wrote:
>> I'd rather have an A-type (or even a J) overdrive - 7 gears, easier 
>> to shift, easier to install, probably less expensive - What's not to 
>> like? Keep the wife definitely.
>>  - Larry
>>
>> On 7/14/2018 4:13 PM, dustin nicholson via Fot wrote:
>>> Is the HVDA conversion kit for the Toyota 5 speed still available 
>>> since Herman’s passing?
>>>
>>> Dusty
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jul 12, 2018, at 8:05 PM, Bobby Whitehead via Fot 
>>> <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My wife is trying to convince me to keep our 1971 TR6 we've owned 
>>>> for 26 years...mhhhh.... I told her if we did I needed an overdrive 
>>>> or 5th gear...what's the best conversion?
>>>>
>>>> Bobby Whitehead
>>>> Jester's Racing
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