Naaaaaah, already told him all I remembered about it including he would have
to fab a tranny mount as it would need one. hehehehe
I don't know if the shifter came up through the original hole as the tunnel
had been chopped and patched in.
SlowBoy (And with a stock 1600 I am)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Hamilton"
To: "Daryl Smith"
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: 5 spd transmission ?
> Daryl Smith wrote:
>> I have read that the roadster 5 spd has been used in the Z cars, by
>> changing
>> the bellhousing.
>>
>> I have read where a couple of people have adaptd a Z 5spd to a roadster.
>>
>> After checking into this I find that the Nissan 5spds (other than the
>> roadster) have a one piece bell/gear housing like our 4 spds. Same as the
>> 4
>> spds in the Z's. ????
>>
>> So....
>> 1. Where did the bellhousing come from that they used to mount the
>> Roadster 5
>> spd to the L series engine?
>>
>> 2. How have these people adapted the Z/SX tranny to a roadster? Cut and
>> weld?
>>
>> Confused
>> Daryl
>
> I have such a 5 speed that I traded for a couple of years ago and there
> was some paper that came with it but need to find it.
>
> It says;
> 5 speed steel synchro japan-spec L-series (originally from a jim Wolf
> built 240Z. Mated to the r-series using a Nissan 720 deisel pickuptruck
> SD-22bell housing recently rebuilt and new seals installed
>
> Works fine
>
> Slow boy care to add anything?
>
>
> It is for sale by the way
> SRL311-0050 is still for sale too as is 1962 1500 spl310-3-0205
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