Supra manual boxes.

Post by **Coops** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 7:58 pm

i know this sounds weird,
but does any one know if the R154 box may bolt to any other toyota bellhousings? like a hilux one etc?????
reason i ask is if it does i maybe able to use a bellhousing from a 4wd conversion vehicle.

stevieturbo · Post by **stevieturbo** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:07 am

I think its the same as the Hi-ace vans.....

But then, the turbo and non turbo box bellhousing look very similar, so couldnt say for sure.

Greg55_99 · Post by **Greg55_99** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:28 am

thev8kid wrote:i know this sounds weird,
but does any one know if the R154 box may bolt to any other toyota bellhousings? like a hilux one etc?????
reason i ask is if it does i maybe able to use a bellhousing from a 4wd conversion vehicle.

Bolting to the bellhousing and getting it to work are two different issues. If the bellhousing was designed for the Toyota R150, then it will physically bolt to the bellhousing, BUT, the R154's input shaft is LONGER than the one from the Toyota truck. You may have to fab a spacer to get it back in the proper orientation. If the bellhousing is from a 97 and later V6 truck, it would be alright as is. The 97 and later truck transmissions also got a longer input shaft.

Greg

stevieturbo · Post by **stevieturbo** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:34 am

Why not contact Dellow or the Rod Shop...

Im sure I recall their prices werent too bad.

Post by **Coops** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:20 am

the reason i asked was if it was the same as the hilux there is a bellhousing to fit the hilux box to the rover v8 engine, which is not that expensive,
once i pick the box up from Gav we can have a closer look as Neil at Caprisport has done a hilux/rv8 conversion last year and it was him that brought it up regarding the combo

.

ihatesissycars · Post by **ihatesissycars** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:50 am

I've looked into that, no one i could track down could answer that question. There's a chap on ebay selling hilux conversion kits, he didn't know either.

Worth a bash though! I'd stick with melding the auto bellhousing to the supra bell housing.

Post by **Coops** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:01 am

when i get the box from you Gav if we find out anything will post in here, or how we finally do the bellhousing set up.

Greg55_99 · Post by **Greg55_99** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:41 pm

Rule of thumb. If the bellhousing is from a 4 cylinder engine. Won't work. If it's from a V6, will work.

Greg

Post by **Coops** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 4:00 pm

cheers greg

Post by **Coops** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:11 am

Picked up the R154 box from Gav today.
she is a big un aint she

had a chat with Neil from caprisport on the way back and it looks as if we need to do a bit of tunnel mods to get it to fit.
but we will get there,
cheers for the chat and look over your capri gav, them RS heads look even better in the flesh.

Post by **Coops** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:52 pm

after 2hrs of cleaning,
we have gone from this:

to this:

we had the chance to look at a capri bare shell with the box near by, and we may be lucky and no tunnel mods will be needed,

stevieturbo · Post by **stevieturbo** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:58 pm

I dont really have any pics that show it well, but I only removed the second skin, that goes up around the tunnel.

I just air chiseled it off, and welded a bit of flat bar up around in its palce, and welded new mounts high on the sides of the tunnel, tie-ing in with this.

Making it like this, also left loads of room for a pair of exhausts to pass by, within the tunnel space.

Post by **Coops** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:10 pm

whats dellows web site addy?

Post by **Coops** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:48 pm

found it,
but cant find any rv8 to r154 bellhousings

ian.stewart · Post by **ian.stewart** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:01 pm

Page 5, applications for type3 oval, ally case, Morgan V8 to toyota and Rover/P76 to To Toyota
http://www.dellowauto.com.au/catalogue/ ... motive.pdf

Ian