89_740Turbo
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- Apr 10, 2018
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- Central New Jersey
I know 1 option would be to just use the Deeworks adapter instead of bens but even then I don't think they have a 9.25" input shaft with 3.97 gear ratio.
Isit at all possible to use the 7.41" input shaft?
Well, I answered my own question. I researched and searched around in the T5 thread and found that user V8BRICK had experienced a similar issue. They fixed this by shopping off a top of the input shaft!
This is my post for future searchage for people in the same situation. I'm adapting a 4cyl T5 to a b230f with an m40 bellhousing (upright orientation) for insertion in my '73 142.
I had an issue with the input shaft length of my 4cyl T5 being 7.41 as opposed to the preferred 7.18". I had stuck the transmission on the engine and it did bottom out before the bell housing mated. I actually had a 7.18 input shaft sitting around but alas the first? gear on the shaft was larger than that of the 4cyl shaft. So after a ridiculous amount of searching and no answer found, I took matters into my own hands and those of the chop saw. I took about .25" off the tip of the 4cyl input shaft and slapped it all together and it bolted up and verified that the 10 input shaft splines do not bind with the throw out bearing (when I put the tranny in gear and spin the output shaft, no clutch installed), which was a worry.
Am I dumb? Has this been covered before? All I saw on v-performance was mention that the pilot bearing was the same diameter of the 4cyl T5s. The other option was to space the adapter out .25" but that seemed like a lot of work lol I'm lazy. Now I just need to find a new input bearing retainer that doesn't exist!