[TR] Your own T5 Conversion

[Mark Hooper]

Hi Frank:

We're getting to the point where a 3D printer could produce the bell housing.
The original printers were using a flow of sintered metals, but I think they
are mostly plastics now and not suitable. It will be interesting to see what
comes up in the next years. I read of a guy planning to print sections of a
large house.

That said, I think the existing 3D printers could easily produce the shape for
making a casting mould.

Mark
1972 TR6



-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Frank Fisher
Sent: January-23-13 4:06 PM
To: William Brewer; Triumphs
Subject: Re: [TR] Your own T5 Conversion

Hey BillFor the last 15 years I have been running a manufacturing facility
that I had equipped with CNC machining centers.
Being an engineer Ibm always
up for a challenge.
B
The biggest challenge was the bell housing.
B
My first
thought with the Toyota trans was to take a big block of aluminum and machine
the heck out of it till I had a nice bell housing.
Thatbs what I really
wanted to do.
But I had some trouble finding a block of aluminum that size and
at a reasonable cost.
B
Next I contemplated cutting and welding the triumph
to a Toyota and then making a casting. I was going to get help from a little
specialty company here in los angeles called something like Barrios.
That too
was getting expensive.