Re: [Fot] Mazda Gearbox

[Ed Diehl <mediehljr@yahoo.com>]

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Hi, Dan. Some years ago I Iinstalled a Toyota GT gearbox in the GP Spit tha=
t I raced at the time and it was a very good=A0 conversion. It was nec. to =
make up a plate to go between the Spit bellhousing and the trans and do a l=
ittle grinding an the splines, but not too dificult to handle. The trans is=
 a 5 speed so we needed to lock out 1st gear (easy) to make it SCCA legal..=
 Makes a very durable setup and only needed synchros one time in 5 years. M=
ight be worth your consideration. Cheers, Ed.

Ed Diehl

--- On Thu, 10/2/08, DAN OTTS <DOTTS46@q.com> wrote:

From: DAN OTTS <DOTTS46@q.com>
Subject: [Fot] Mazda Gearbox
To: "FOT" <fot@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 9:47 AM





FOTs,
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I have a trashed '65 Spitfire gearbox which needs a complete redo.=A0 Recen=
tly, I was told that a Mazda gearbox can be substituted.=A0 If it's doable,=
 the Mazda box would of course be a big improvement.
=A0
Do any of you know of this being done and if so what was involved?
=A0
Many thanks.
=A0
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style="font: inherit;">Hi, Dan. Some years ago I Iinstalled a Toyota GT gearbox 
in the GP Spit that I raced at the time and it was a very good&nbsp; 
conversion. It was nec. to make up a plate to go between the Spit bellhousing 
and the trans and do a little grinding an the splines, but not too dificult to 
handle. The trans is a 5 speed so we needed to lock out 1st gear (easy) to make 
it SCCA legal.. Makes a very durable setup and only needed synchros one time in 
5 years. Might be worth your consideration. Cheers, Ed.<BR><BR>Ed 
Diehl<BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 10/2/08, DAN OTTS <I>&lt;DOTTS46@q.com&gt;</I></B> 
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rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: DAN OTTS &lt;DOTTS46@q.com&gt;<BR>Subject: 
[Fot] Mazda Gearbox<BR>To: "FOT" &lt;fot@Autox.Team.Net&gt;<BR>Date: Thursday, 
October 2, 2008, 9:47 AM<BR><BR>
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<DIV>FOTs,</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>I have a trashed '65 Spitfire gearbox which needs a complete redo.&nbsp; 
Recently, I was told that a Mazda gearbox can be substituted.&nbsp; If it's 
doable, the Mazda box would of course be a big improvement.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Do any of you know of this being done and if so what was involved?</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Many thanks.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Dan O.</DIV></DIV><PRE>_______________________________________________
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