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Subject: Re: Toyota transplant
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:54:19 -0800
From Mike MacLean <macleans at earthlink.net>
To: David Ramsey <dwramsey@worldnet.att.net>
CC: 'John Luttenberger' <johnl@golden.net>, spridgets@autox.team.net
References: <000001c3c02d$41943880$c6ba480c@HAV004>
The 5 speed affords you something that you could never have in a
Spridget, a synchro in first and a 5th (overdrive) gear. It just
happens that a Japanese trans will bolt in with no modification to the
car. I'm sure if there were a British all synchro 5 speed bolt in like
the Datsun trans we would all be using that to stay closer to "pure".
You can tweak the 1275 to over 100 HP. It's rather expensive, but if
you want 120 HP and 5 speeds in a convertible, why don't you just have
done with it and buy a Miata. Fits your criteria, and was built in the
spirit of the classic British roadster. Or do like me and some others
on the list and own BOTH. Baby the Brit and tear up the Jap.
Mike MacLean
60 Sprite (soon to have a tweaked 1275/Japanese 5 speed trans)
56 BN2 (just a shell of it former self and off to the sand blasters)
94 Miata (driven hard and put away wet)
David Ramsey wrote:
>Well for the "purists" a 5-speed transplant is not OK, but then again
>neither is a ribcase in a bug-i. On the other hand a 1275/5-speed is a
>bolt-on conversion. I don't think you can say the same for what you're
>talking about. It is your car, do whatever "you" want.
> Crash
>
>Oh and for the purists out there, if a 5 speed Japanese transmission is
>an acceptable improvement how can the whole doggoned drive line not be
>? In any case an easy 120 bhp and 7500 RPM all day , along with 200k
>mile reliability appeals to me .
>
>Regards
>John
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