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Re: Datsuns and Brit-cars

To: whs70@taichi.cc.bellcore.com (sohl,william h)
Subject: Re: Datsuns and Brit-cars
From: sfisher@Pa.dec.com
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 91 15:19:37 PST
>Sure would be an interesting write-up to see what he actually
>had to do to make the Datsun gearbox fit.  Wonder if the
>Datsun 5 speed could be made to fit the TR250/6?

It's got to be possible.  There are a couple of conversions
that use Datsun 1200/210 transmissions in Spridgets, which have a
very narrow transmission tunnel -- too narrow to use the Laycock
overdrive.  I've seen a couple of Sprites that had the Datsun
transmission installed, and they didn't require cutting the tunnel.
The issues are finding a bellhousing adaptor plate that has holes
in the engine's pattern and holes in the tranny's pattern, then
getting the engine mounts and input shaft to line up.

I was considering this for the '74 Midget I used to have, when 
first gear went out on it.  I seem to remember -- and this was
five years ago, so adjust the prices by a fudge factor as well
as an inflation factor -- that it was going to cost about $300
for the conversion parts, plus a Datsun transmission, plus the
installation.  I ended up putting in a factory rebuilt tranny.




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