Supra manual boxes.

Wee_chris · Post by **Wee_chris** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:16 pm

Cheers Greg,

Soon as I get gearbox I'll get one of thse ordered up.

Manual v8 Camaro here I come.

Chris

Greg55_99 · Post by **Greg55_99** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:07 pm

Spittie_v8 wrote:Cheers Greg,

Soon as I get gearbox I'll get one of thse ordered up.

Manual v8 Camaro here I come.

Chris

Considering the value of the US Dollar is dropping like a stone, it should be a pretty good deal!

Greg

ian.stewart · Post by **ian.stewart** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:23 am

Alley Kat wrote:Gav mine's going in an Amazon estate, behind a Lexus V8. I'm hoping to be able to get an adaptor made though there is a bloke on Lextreme who's going to make them.

Other places I looked at were Castlemaine Rod Shop and Dellow, the former seemed to get better opinions if t'internet is anything to go by. I did hear of a place in NZ too.

Spittie the above places do them for SBCs.

a couple of months ago there was a fella on the NSRA site selling a Lexus V8 and supra box all bolted together, but I think it was LOTS of money.

Alley Kat · Post by **Alley Kat** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:36 am

I've been in touch with him and the price has dropped a lot over time, but still I'll be looking at doing it for less money though the Dellow kit he had would be useful.

Post by **Coops** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:05 pm

im in talks with Gav over his supra box,
will this box fit the capri tunnel?
or will it need chopping about to fit?
then i need to source getting a clutch plate, bellhousing made, and a propshaft end

Alley Kat · Post by **Alley Kat** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:54 pm

It's a big b*stard I'd say, I could measure mine if it helps any, or Gav could o'course.

Post by **Coops** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:57 pm

cheers Bill,
how does it compare to the ole lt77?

stevieturbo · Post by **stevieturbo** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:05 pm

If we assume the tunnel is the same in a Capri, as a Granada ???

All I did was remove the second skin section that formed the mounts, and up over the tunnel with an air chisel.

So the tunnel became a single skin.

This left loads of room, and I fabricated new mounts. Left enough room that the T56 fitted in fine too, with NO actual tunnel skin mods.

Post by **Coops** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:12 pm

i think i removed the tunnel ribs when i did the lt77,
but i maybe wrong

what clutch did you use mate?
and did you go hydraulic or cable clutch?

ian.stewart · Post by **ian.stewart** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:43 am

Tony, I think Stevie used a Mcleod twin plate clutch and ally flywheel, I used a Helix clutch, they make a special friction plate with an offset on the hub to correct misalignment problems, I was going to use an old T5 conversion bellhousing, untill I found out it was incorrectly machined when I bought it, I eventually used another Toyota/Rover conversion bellhousing that was very similar to the cosworth bellhousing, and could be converted easily, Its not ideal the way it is done, but its not broken yet.
Using the Toyota bellhousing I was able to keep my hydraulics so that was easy,
You may be able to get away with the tunnel you have, I had to beat the sh-te out og my tunnel as it is very small, you may have to do somthing about the top of the tunnel as the remote is quite high in this area.

Ian

Post by **Coops** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:26 pm

could an auto bell housing be used with an adaptor bolted on the back that bolts to the box?

ian.stewart · Post by **ian.stewart** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:25 pm

thev8kid wrote:could an auto bell housing be used with an adaptor bolted on the back that bolts to the box?

possibly, but the Toyota box has a flange similar to the rover LT77, so its a bit of a fiddle to get the bolt holes in position, dont see why it cant be done

Post by **Coops** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:58 pm

anyone got an auto v8 bellhousing

Alley Kat · Post by **Alley Kat** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:15 pm

T had a quick measure up, all units are "centimetre-ishes"...

Length of box, 54
Box + b/h length 79
(both to end of prop 'cowl')
Max width 25x25 round the 'bulge' ...

Post by **Coops** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:04 am

not sure if these links have been posted before:

http://users.tpg.com.au/users/loats/tec ... oxes2.html

http://www.turbosupras.com/pages/jp/pag ... l/R154.htm