<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Toyota gearboxes are always a nice option, robust as hell though a bit heavy. I put an entire 2TG drivetrain (A domestic Japan version of the ubiquitous 2TC engine) into my old TR3 for awhile. Pretty nice, DOHC 2 liter four cylinder motor with mikuni-solex sidedraft carbs, five speed box and a LSD rear end. Rated at 190HP in Japan with limited environmental stuff. Had to narrow the rear end a bit and add lots of carriers and brackets, but it was an easy conversion that only took a couple of days for the entire thing. Whenever I'd open the hood all the triumph faithful would gag and run in little circles, but I never really had to open the hood--it just ran and ran, and was super quick, it would blow the doors off almost any street car in a stoplight drag. Then I decided to make a vintage racer out of it, and all the reliable stuff had to go. <div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 2, 2008, at 9:35 AM, Ed Diehl wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit; ">Hi, Dan. Some years ago I Iinstalled a Toyota GT gearbox in the GP Spit that I raced at the time and it was a very good conversion. It was nec. to make up a plate to go between the Spit bellhousing and the trans and do a little grinding an the splines, but not too dificult to handle. The trans is a 5 speed so we needed to lock out 1st gear (easy) to make it SCCA legal.. Makes a very durable setup and only needed synchros one time in 5 years. Might be worth your consideration. Cheers, Ed.<br><br>Ed Diehl<br><br>--- On<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Thu, 10/2/08, DAN OTTS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><<a href="mailto:DOTTS46@q.com">DOTTS46@q.com</a>></i></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br><blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(16, 16, 255); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; ">From: DAN OTTS <<a href="mailto:DOTTS46@q.com">DOTTS46@q.com</a>><br>Subject: [Fot] Mazda Gearbox<br>To: "FOT" <<a href="mailto:fot@Autox.Team.Net">fot@Autox.Team.Net</a>><br>Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 9:47 AM<br><br><div id="yiv844005628"><div>FOTs,</div><div> </div><div>I have a trashed '65 Spitfire gearbox which needs a complete redo. Recently, I was told that a Mazda gearbox can be substituted. If it's doable, the Mazda box would of course be a big improvement.</div><div> </div><div>Do any of you know of this being done and if so what was involved?</div><div> </div><div>Many thanks.</div><div> </div><div>Dan O.</div></div><pre>_______________________________________________
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