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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Are you sure that it was a GT-6 gearset, ie not spit internals?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Glen Efinger<br></div><div><br></div>
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On Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 01:10:00 PM EDT, Barr, Scott via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
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<p class="ydpab55e622yiv4377886812MsoNormal">And yet it worked fine. Perfectly. Go figure.</p>
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<p class="ydpab55e622yiv4377886812MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> JOE CURRY <spitlist@cox.net> <br clear="none">
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 12, 2023 9:33 AM<br clear="none">
<b>To:</b> Barr, Scott <sbarr@McCarty-Law.com>; Barr, Scott via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>; Rod Pierce <rpierce141@gmail.com><br clear="none">
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Fot] GT6-Spitfire Transmission Conversion</p>
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<p class="ydpab55e622yiv4377886812MsoNormal">Since the GT6 gearbox has a different gearset than the Spitfire has, I can't see how that would work. The first gear for the 3-rail Spitfire has a ratio of 3.75 compared to 2.65 for the GT6, therefore the input shaft gear won't mesh with
the gears in the GT6 box. Here is a link to the summary of what I did way back in 2000 when I adapted a Mk3 GT6 gearbox to work with a small journal 1296 that I used in my autocross prepared Mk1 Spit: <a shape="rect" href="https://www.geocities.ws/MotorCity/Speedway/1080/gt6boxtospit.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.geocities.ws/MotorCity/Speedway/1080/gt6boxtospit.html</a>.
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<p class="ydpab55e622yiv4377886812MsoNormal">Joe </p>
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<p class="ydpab55e622yiv4377886812MsoNormal">On 10/12/2023 9:31 AM EDT Barr, Scott via Fot <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:
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<p class="ydpab55e622yiv4377886812MsoNormal">When I had this done some years ago, I took the job to a local racer-transmission guy. After fiddling with it a bit, he just put the Spitfire input shaft into the GT6 trans and
it worked fine. GT6 gearbox for my Spit racer, no cutting, welding, etc. required. It worked great for a few seasons until I pulled it to install an overdrive trans.</p>
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<p class="ydpab55e622yiv4377886812MsoNormal">Could just be luck? I understand that there are a number of variations of gear constructions and maybe I just happened to bring him two that matched? Who knows. But it worked
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<p class="ydpab55e622yiv4377886812MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:sans-serif;">From:</span></strong> Fot <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fot-bounces@autox.team.net</a>>
<strong><span style="font-family:sans-serif;">On Behalf Of </span></strong>Rod Pierce via Fot<br clear="none">
<strong><span style="font-family:sans-serif;">Sent:</span></strong> Thursday, October 12, 2023 7:57 AM<br clear="none">
<strong><span style="font-family:sans-serif;">To:</span></strong> Rod Pierce via Fot <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a>><br clear="none">
<strong><span style="font-family:sans-serif;">Subject:</span></strong> [Fot] GT6-Spitfire Transmission Conversion</p>
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<p class="ydpab55e622yiv4377886812MsoNormal">I have a GT6 transmission in my spares collection and I have heard they can be converted to run in a Spitfire. </p>
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<p class="ydpab55e622yiv4377886812MsoNormal">I'm interested in accomplishing this over the winter and I am looking for information/advice on the best way to do it.</p>
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<p class="ydpab55e622yiv4377886812MsoNormal">It is my understanding that you can have the GT6 input shaft either machined to fit or you can cut the input shafts from a GT6 and a Spitfire and weld the Spitfire on the GT6 transmission.</p>
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<p class="ydpab55e622yiv4377886812MsoNormal">Thanks</p>
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