HS30-H Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 Hiten, I sent you one yesterday too. I think PM alert e-mails are disabled at the moment, so you might not know there's a message there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockjaw Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 I got a pm from someone. Bad news from Japan, they ain't shipping that part here, BUT...., got an inside track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS30-H Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 Lockjaw, I sent you a PM about helping you to obtain the chain tensioner, but you have not read it; its still showing "unread" in my PM Outbox. Still, if you have an 'inside line' then you probably don't need any help anymore. Just wanted to let you know that I did in fact offer to help....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockjaw Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 I got it now, check your in-box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted February 28, 2004 Share Posted February 28, 2004 Alan, I would love you to be able to source a complete Kameari L6 catalogue - My big 'L' engine will be receiving ongoing funds injections over the next few months now that my Z is on the road. Actually come to think of it, if they do FJ parts I would like a listing of them too, as among other things I'd like to fit some adjustable cam gears to my FJ20ET & places like HKS aren't doing them anymore... You're always full of surprises! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8dats Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 i thought this was about l series trannies? talk about a ''highjack'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS30-H Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 Ben, I will e-mail you direct about this. Lockjaw, I have PM'd you my direct e-mail address. Hiten ( Godspeed Racing ), I have replied to your PM, and sent my direct e-mail address. v8dats, You are correct, this thread did indeed start off on the subject of transmissions. It very quickly turned into something else, but I don't think that it was hijacked........... more a case of the conversation changing direction, perhaps? To bring the thread back on track a little ( and as a little penance to myself for helping to divert the thread ), can I suggest an R32 Skyline 2WD transmission - normally found attached to the RB25DET engine? These are used in Japan with fabricated adaptors to mate them to the L6 engine block. Alan T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 Valid points all round - The RB gearboxes can be fitted to L engines with a bellhousing adapter, or a bellhousing swap (C extension, B bellhousing). The RB20DET box is larger internally than the B series, the RB25DET box is also larger externally. I am considering the fitment of an RB20DET box behind my FJ20ET, as all that is required is slight crossmember modification & the slotting of the uppermost 2 mounting holes. Yes, it's that easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zline Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 You could use an SR mission with a L6 bellhousing. Niteparts in australia makes the adapter. SR missions STOCK take 511rwhp every day all day and dont skip a beat. Hugh in japan ran an OS Giken cross mission gear set and hardened input shaft and had ZERO problems with his uber high horsepower SR and the way he beat on it..is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zline Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 You could use an SR mission with a L6 bellhousing. Niteparts in australia makes the adapter. SR missions STOCK take 511rwhp every day all day and dont skip a beat. Hugh in japan ran an OS Giken cross mission gear set and hardened input shaft and had ZERO problems with his uber high horsepower SR and the way he beat on it..is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 what about the 1987 to 1989 nissan 300zx turbo transmissions? I heard a rumor that they use the same gears and stuff as a 300zxTT 5spd. just different housings/tail. I know there was a dude that was running one in his 300KPH ultra high HP L28ET powered 280zx. Overboost (I think) did a story on it. pretty badass. McAdam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 what about KA24 tranny? there even stronger then the SR ones and are SOOOO cheap. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 I thought the gearing sucked on the KA24 tranny. I guess it depends on what you're looking for out of the gearing, but isn't it like 3.5:1 1st gear? Pretty much same ratios as the Nissan T5, right? Not exactly close ratio but maybe not so bad for a street car or a drag racer. Hiten seemed to indicate that he wanted a closer gearset, like a 2.9:1 1st. Or am I putting words in your mouth Hiten? Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 so far 10's have been done on a bone stock KA24 tranny... yeah drag racing but it was a high horse power KA turbo and it handled it fine with et streets and etc. so i could very well be a strong and maybe cheap tranny for us L6 turbo guys. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 Yeah, for a turbo it would be GREAT. Puts you down in the rpms when you shift gears so that the turbo spools up. For a high strung NA it would probably drop you right out of the narrow powerband. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimZ Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 IHiten seemed to indicate that he wanted a closer gearset' date=' like a 2.9:1 1st. Or am I putting words in your mouth Hiten?[/quote'] The T5 replacement gearset that I mentioned earlier has the following gear ratios: 2.94 1.94 1.35 1.00 0.73 There were a couple of choices for 5th, although I don't remember the other ratios offhand - they were whatever the standard available T5 5th gear ratios are. Don't know if I mentioned it before, but this gearset is available with either regular syncros or dog-rings. My builder said that it should be possible to do a conventional synchro for 1st and dog-rings for the rest - kind of wish I had tried that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffp Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 I would really quiz those guys on the gear sets they are installing and how strong they are. When I was looking for a good tranny, i found a company in UK that was already doing a T5 upgrade, but they were a little unsure about the strength of the unit wil slicks. That is what made me say no go for them. They also have the dog ear type gera sets and the syncro gear sets. I wonder if this is what Gforce is using??????????????????????/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest godspeed_racing Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 Has anyone tried alcohol (methanol) in a Z motor? It helps add a lot of torque in addition to the HP.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 I believe (but am not 100% sure since I wasn't there) that Andy ran in the "Fuel" class during one of the last runs at Bonneville. Since the engine was on it's way out with piston-pins having nice gouges in the block, he figured "WTF" and gave it a go. But I'm not sure he used Methanol. He may have run Methanol, or Nitromethane in just enough porportion to change the specific gravity of the gasoline in the tank to get it to class as a "fuel" vehicle for the run. It's straightforward, but expect some fun times with SS lines, and special methanol friendly fuel system components. I know he has a clearanced NO2 Block prepped and ready to go to run in the Fuel/NO2 class but that's after breaking all the 2-litre records... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimZ Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 I would really quiz those guys on the gear sets they are installing and how strong they are. When I was looking for a good tranny' date=' i found a company in UK that was already doing a T5 upgrade, but they were a little unsure about the strength of the unit wil slicks. That is what made me say no go for them. They also have the dog ear type gera sets and the syncro gear sets. I wonder if this is what Gforce is using??????????????????????/[/quote'] I'm pretty sure that the company in the UK is using somehting different. The gearset I have is _supposed_ to be the same thing that gForce is using. Is it really? dunno. I do know that the gears are much beffier than those of the standard WC T5, and that several have been used on high HP track cars with excellent results. The cars that I know of were not drag race cars. Here is a pic of my gears next to a the equivalent gears from a brand new 'normal' WC T5 gearset: This pic gives a little more perspective on the size of the gear teeth... FWIW, even gForce has some disclaimers on drag race use with their gearset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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