[Spridgets] Fw: 5 Speed Convertion

Richard Ball richb at u.washington.edu
Thu Nov 27 19:17:25 MST 2008


Here is a car-parts.com search that turns up several T-9's in yards around the
country.  I have also seen a couple in our local Western Washington
Pull-A-Part yards from time to time.
http://car-part.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi

Here is a link to a guy in England that has made an adapter to fit the T-9
behind the 1500 using the 1500's bellhousing. It'll give you a good idea of
the amount of cutting required to fit the T-9 into the Spridget tunnel.
Remember that the 1500 bellhousing won't fit the A series engine, so a
different bellhousing would be required.
http://www.the-wizardsden.com/html/conversion.html

The Mazda Miata 5 speed has a remote shifter that moves it back to far from
the stock Spridget location to be used .  The tail shaft housing can be
interchanged with the one from the B2000 truck transmission which would move
the shifter up closer to the spridget location, or the remote shifter can be
cut down and moved forward with a little work.  Not sure about the length and
width, but I think it's close.  Here is a link to Bob's site where he has
transplanted the whole engine and transmission from a miata into a Sprite.
http://the-mite.com/

Rich Ball
'76 Midget
Everett Wa

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Yes.  And good luck finding that transmission in the US.  They are way
harder to find than a 210 transmission.  The easiest way to get a T9 is
to have it shipped from the UK.  If anyone has a source of T-9 in the US
speak up.

Would a Miata transmission fit.

-g


Dean Hedin wrote:
> The Merkur box is the T-9. Correct?
>
> So it's the same arrangement as the kit Moss is selling here..
> http://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=67782
>
> I think a good question is..
> How much modification is required for the tunnel with the T-9 vs. the
> Datsun 210?
>
> It would be nice if Moss just sold the kit only without the transmission.


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