W5X series Gear boxs in an ae86. Costly?

[Sam-Q]

the bellhousing length off the T50?

no I only have that complete box

[assassin10000]

Bellhousing 'length' from engine to trans should be about 6 3/8" on both T-50 & W5x.

Andrew

[DR86FT]

Thanks sam and Andrew I will measure my dellow today

[Sam-Q]

I don't have one of these on hand but I thought I would mention that I have seen someone machine off either end of a W bell to avoid having to space out the bearing.

Now without seeing one, can someone tell me if it's a possibility to machine a 3sge flywheel to have provision for a bearing in it like the Beams ones?

[Sprinter86]

Im not sure if these pics will help any further than sam's pics, but ill chuck them up regardless. (This is the very most rearward shifter position, i have another one here that is about 15mm further foward aswell)

oh and i found that the W series shifter can be installed backwards offseting the stick forward, much closer to t50 position, you may want to change the angle of the stick though, oxy and a vice should see you right

(housemates camera had fisheye lense, kinda sucks)




hope this is helpful somehow

[biggo]

You guys have the wrong shifter positions. RA65 W57's have their shifters in the mid back. Works out perfect when the bell/adaptor spaces the box back 20mm

[Sprinter86]

what if you arnt using an adaptor to a t50 bell? to far forward or?

[biggo]

Its a trade off then i guess. I never like the stock 86 shifter position and i think having the shifter back further would be nice. Ke's on the other hand have a far better stock shifter position.

Looks like bending the shifter is the easy way out. That and cut some floor maybe?

[Sprinter86]

yer im not going to bother changing the shifter position on the gearbox im using, so yes, maybe an inch will be cut out,

I like the idea of the adaptor plate to the t50 bell, but is it possible still to use the 230mm late GZE flywheel clutch setup? ive heard that it wont clear

hence why i ended up forking out 550 for the niteparts bellhousing

the ra65 shifter position your talking about would probably still be the best imo, but its the only shifter position i cant seem to get my hands on!!! grrr

[DR86FT]

My dellow bellhousing is roughly 163mm I don't wAnna cut my shifter hole out it. So what car will I find that shifter position