[Healeys] Smitty kit

Sun Oct 19 14:08:19 MDT 2025

By way of comparison, the Toyota W58 fifth gear is .76 and the W59 is .81.   You can move the position of the shift towers on these transmissions to come out within 1/2” of a Healey center-shift stick.  But, you cannot change the fifth gear to change the ratio. Fifth gear is part of a complete different set of gears. 

Richard Mayor
boyracer466 at gmail.com

> On Oct 19, 2025, at 12:12 PM, Robert Markovich via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> That .73 gear is essential, and after a couple of miserable weeks with the .63 gear, I told them so. They were extremely gracious in getting me the .73 replacement and a local transmission shop made the swap. Sorry to hear there’s a wait for that gear now, but obviously others came to the same conclusion that the .63 is way too steep for the Healey. Some simple math would have saved me some trouble: fifth gear ratio x rear end ratio for the ultimate, final drive, and it’s obvious that .73 is about all you want with the 3.91 rear and even the 4.10 on the 100/6. And I think even the .73 would be too much with a 3.54 rear; there should be a .88 or so gear for the Tremec T5, which I’d pick that that rear. 
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> On Saturday, October 18, 2025, 5:52 PM, Al Fuller <alfuller194 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The tremec conversion is supposed to be nice, but one of the guys has been waiting for months for them to get that particular gear.
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> I've lost track of whether they finally got a batch.
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> On Sat, Oct 18, 2025, 5:22 AM Robert Markovich via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>> wrote:
> Try The Driven Man in Cooksville TN. They make kits for Healey Sixes and Jags using a brand new Tremec T5. Just be sure and order the .73 fifth gear ratio as the standard .63 is way too steep. Trust me on this!
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> On Friday, October 17, 2025, 8:33 PM, i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com <mailto:eyera3000 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> The guy who bought the biz from Smitty is even less responsive to inquiries than he was.
> 
> Ira Erbs
> Milwaukie, OR
> 1959 Austin Healey 100-6
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> On Fri, Oct 17, 2025, 21:49 Jim Ryan <ryan at jimryan.com <mailto:ryan at jimryan.com>> wrote:
> Aren't they're people that sell the conversion kit for this setup?  If you can find out who does that they might be able to help.
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> Jim Ryan
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> On Fri, Oct 17, 2025, 4:08 PM i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com <mailto:eyera3000 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hello
> I about to start figuring out why my speedo stopped at 70mph.
> I pulled it and drove for a while but the inner cable did not spin.
> My question is where do I source and angle drive for a Toyota transmission on one end and British on the other that the cable attached to.
> Thanks 
> 
> Ira Erbs
> Milwaukie, OR
> 1959 Austin Healey 100-6
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