John,
One of my 1500's has a 1600 bell housing and clutch mated to a 510 gear set
and tail housing. I get a better clutch and 1rst gear syncro. "close ratio
gear set" Works great.
Regards,
Tim
2 1500 Fairlady's
John F Sandhoff wrote:
> The Roadster tranny is unique onto the R and U engines. So I know
> that a 510 tranny isn't a bolt-up swap because of the bellhousing and
> who knows what else (length? starter location? Whatever). BUT..
> are the internal designs similar? Can I pull the internals from a 510
> box and put them into a Roadster box? The 510 has two different ratios,
> one that matches our Roadsters and another, lower ratio. I haven't
> compared part numbers on the fiche yet; that'll probably tell me, but
> has anyone out there successfully done such tinkering?
>
> -- John
> John F Sandhoff sandhoff@csus.edu Sacramento, CA
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