Surprising that you're having a problem with that transmission--it might
just be the one you've got. I had a Toyota 2TG motor in my TR3 with a five
speed that shifted flawlessly. Maybe you just need to take another trip to
the junkyard, and have whatever you get sorted out by a good transmission
ship before you drop it in.
I got my engine and transmission from one of the outfits that imports
drivetrains from crushed cars in Japan. The Japanese laws get older cars
off the road quickly, so the drivetrains are very low mileage. There's a
big company that handles these engine in Seattle, though I don't recall
the name (I think it's Northsomething). Any of the rice-burner slammer
fast-and-furious wannabee guys could surely tell you.
When I tore down my 2TG motor (a domestic version of the 2TC with DOHC
heads and two mikuni-solex sidedrafts) prior to installation the parts
looked virtually new. The plain bearings still had almost all the break in
coating on them. I'd bet the engine had less than 20K miles on it. I just
closed it back up and stuck it in.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Arnold [mailto:chuck.arnold@oracle.com]
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 11:21 AM
To: Randall Young
Cc: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Oil - what kind? for A-type OD
I used it in the j-type for all of last year. Shifted just fine -- and
that was usually at about 5500 RPM in third gear. Dropped it back down
while decelerating into turns. Never gave me any problem. This last fall
I put a Toyota 5 speed from a 94 pickup in the car using Herman Van Den
Akkers's conversion kit. The kit is great, the tranny not so great.
Three times a couple of weekends ago when on the Pacific Raceways track I
out it into third instead of 5th -- not sure why the engine is still
together [though the RPM spikes were very brief]. It is very hard to tell
if it made it to 5th [I was nervous about this before even starting, so
was very aware of trying to be in 5th each time -- once per lap -- that I
shifted. When I did get it there the car is now hitting over 6000 RPM
before turn two, and I think that is about 130-135 MPH! Chuck
Randall Young wrote:
> > I'm a big big fan of synthetics in the tranny and rear end. I use
> > Redline MTL or MT-90 in pretty much every gearbox,
>
> Ok, since someone has already broached the subject ... does anyone
> have experiences with Redline's MT-90 in A-type (or J-type) overdrives
> to share ?
>
> They seem to think it would work well (I specifically asked about the
> fiber clutch), but I haven't tried it yet.
>
> Randall
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