[TR] Toyota tranny conversion TR6?

William Pugh anabil007 at comcast.net
Wed Jun 13 12:15:14 MDT 2012


You would be better off with the W58  W56 was primarily used in Trucks  bad
ratios for a Triumph

On Jun 13, 2012, at 10:51 AM, Randall wrote:

>> [not sure what TR box he was using]
>
> Best I can make out, a non-overdrive TR3 box.  The full chart would be
(from
> PH 6th ed)
> 1st	3.14
> 2nd	2.01
> 3rd	1.325
> 4th	1.00
>
> With the overdrive (apples to apples), the ratios become
> 1st	3.14
> 2nd	2.01
> 2ndOD 1.65
> 3rd	1.325
> 3rdOD 1.09
> 4th	1.00
> 4thOD 0.82
>
> Also, there is a digit missing from the data; 3rd gear for a W56 should be
> 1.384 according to Wikipedia
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_W_transmission#W56
>
> -- Randall
>

"Life is too short to drive boring cars

Bill Pugh
1957 TR3 "Casper"
TS16765L
Wallace, CA
anabil007 at comcast.net


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