[Healeys] Smitty kit

Sun Oct 19 19:39:25 MDT 2025

There are several sites on identifying various W-series
transmissions--here's:the Wiki page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_W_transmission

I was fortunate to get a later W58 which is easy to identify by the steel
plate sandwich.
They were used in non-Turbo Supras which developed 200 or so HP--plenty
strong for a Healey.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Sun, Oct 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> It should be a w 58
>
> Ira Erbs
> Milwaukie, OR
> 1959 Austin Healey 100-6
>
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2025, 11:17 PM Al Fuller <alfuller194 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Which transmission do you have Ira?
>>
>> The Toyota W-58 was the most popular, and on it the transmission drive
>> gear is available in a range of ratios (due to the fact that trans was used
>> in a variety of vehicles).
>>
>> This can be a useful addition, especially since a Healey with a 5-speed
>> likely also has tires different from the stock, and often a changed rear
>> end ratio, too.
>>
>> That drive gear was pretty inexpensive last time I looked.
>> ________________
>> Sent from my phone
>> Best Regards,
>> Al Fuller
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2025, 12:23 PM i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> There is a shop near me who can rebuild my angle drive so my speedo is
>>> correct for the tires on my car. I need to find my notes. I used a Speedo
>>> app to help calibrate the drive
>>>
>>> Ira Erbs
>>> Milwaukie, OR
>>> 1959 Austin Healey 100-6
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2025, 21:12 Robert Markovich <rmarkovich at aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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:
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> I've lost track of whether they finally got a batch.
>>>>
>>>> ________________
>>>> Sent from my phone
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> Al Fuller
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Oct 18, 2025, 5:22 AM Robert Markovich via Healeys <
>>>> 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>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2025, 21:49 Jim Ryan <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.
>>>>
>>>> Jim Ryan
>>>>
>>>> ©¿©¬
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2025, 4:08 PM i erbs <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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