Kieran
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Jun 10, 2012 15:50:57 GMT
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Anyone know if there is a bellhousing / adapter to mate a Rover v8 to a ford type 5 (essex) 4 speed box?
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The Ashby Jackson fleet:-
1979 Mini Clubman 1.8 K series
1978 Skoda 110r Project 130RS K-oupe
1978 Austin Allegro 1500 SDL Estate
1984 BMW K100 Sidecar outfit
1999 Yamaha FZS 1000 Fazer
1991 Kawasaki ZXR400 race bike
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mk2cossie
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RV8 to Ford type 5 gearboxAmk2cossie
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Jun 10, 2012 20:29:31 GMT
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not heard of one, but i know when bolting up the rv8 to a t9 box, a rv8 auto bellhousing is used with a steel plate bolted to that and the front of the t9 if thats any help?  |
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sure i've seen one done the way mk2cossie has said, was on a project thread somewhere so not if it worked in the end. you may need a 5 spd box as they have longer input shaft to compensate for the spacer though just a thought
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v8ian
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Jun 11, 2012 17:14:01 GMT
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The first question has to be WHY?? In 4, nearly 5 years of drag racing my cortina, I never broke the Rover LT77, its a reasonable box, especially if its in a light car, doing drag starts in a SDi would never be kind to any box, especially trying to move a big heavy car, and the boxes did whack out the taper bearings on the 2nd motion shaft,
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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Jun 11, 2012 17:17:06 GMT
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LT77 is a bit chunky in the tunnel, but much, much stronger than a type9
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Kieran
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Jun 11, 2012 18:39:53 GMT
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To answer the question "why", the type 5 gearbox is nice and strong, it shifts much better than a lt77, nice ratios and i've already got one sat here.
The price of v8 manual bellhousings and gearboxs is getting silly now.
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The Ashby Jackson fleet:-
1979 Mini Clubman 1.8 K series
1978 Skoda 110r Project 130RS K-oupe
1978 Austin Allegro 1500 SDL Estate
1984 BMW K100 Sidecar outfit
1999 Yamaha FZS 1000 Fazer
1991 Kawasaki ZXR400 race bike
2002 Kawasaki ZX9r race bike
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v8ian
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Jun 11, 2012 18:56:20 GMT
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In a light car the type 5 will probably last, But I did manage to smash open the casing with a pinto in an anglia a few years ago
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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type 9 strong? ? it won't last long behind even a std rv8. |
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theres more to life than mpg & to much power is just enough.
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Type 5 not type 9. I had one in my V6 100E and that got some abuse LOL. Shifted nice. Mine was a close ratio one. I do have a soft spot for a traditional "4 on the floor"
I thought all the V6 boxes were pretty much interchangable?
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Mated mine fine to a type 9 in my coupe, what car is it going in?
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