Synchro on 1st has got to be the #1 advantage, with 5th OD a close second.
Bruce Steele
Brea, CA
1960 BN7
From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of i erbs
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2017 8:14 PM
To: Rick Wilkins <rick at ewilkins.com>
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Toyota 5 speed
fully synchro 5 speed
Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
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BT7 engine and disk brakes
A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti
Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words
The Toyota Transmission weighs about 75 pounds less, has less parastitic drag
drag on the engine (more power to the road), and a reverse light switch.
Wilko
I've seen threads on the Toyota 5 speed conversion, and looked through the
archives a bit. My BJ8 has the original trans. with the overdrive which all
works as it is supposed to. What is the advantage to converting to the Toyota
5 speed over using the factory setup?
John O'Brien
'61 bugeye "Lucy"
"65 BJ8 P1 "Madelyn"
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