Shortening gearbox
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Shortening gearbox
I'm finally making progress on my belated Midget swap, the problem is that neither of the 5 speeds I have are comfortably short enough as far as the shifter position goes. I have two gearboxes one from the JDM 12A and the other from an '86 NA. Any suggestions for shortening either? Right now the older one is shorter by ~2in. I have heard of swapping in a B2000 tail shaft, but it doesn't look compatible.
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i slipped the tranny in marked center in shifter location
i srewed up on the alignment pin and got it stuck i had to drill from the other side to knock it out.
here is a pic of the shifter the black line represents center of the repu shifter hole.
i cut the shifter rod and tube 6 1/4" smaller and duplicate where the alignment pin goes..
everything cut and welded
aliment pin in and housing shimmed for smooth shifting
i srewed up on the alignment pin and got it stuck i had to drill from the other side to knock it out.
here is a pic of the shifter the black line represents center of the repu shifter hole.
i cut the shifter rod and tube 6 1/4" smaller and duplicate where the alignment pin goes..
everything cut and welded
aliment pin in and housing shimmed for smooth shifting
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I set up a 12A in a Midget a few years back and used a B2000 tail housing. It put the shifter within about an inch of the stock Midget location. The B2000 tail won't fit the T2 tranny though(I don't think, never had them on a bench together, just know they are way different trannys).
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jgrewe do you have any pictures? What year B2000? I've got an '86 RX-7 N/A gearbox. The B2000 tail shaft doesn't look like it will match.
On second thought I did buy the tranny/engine from eBay, I wonder if it is a Mazda R type. It is a NA engine so I assumed it was the NA gearbox.
On second thought I did buy the tranny/engine from eBay, I wonder if it is a Mazda R type. It is a NA engine so I assumed it was the NA gearbox.
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If it is a Turbo tranny (I'll need to look tomorrow as I don't remember exactly what it looks like off the top of my head) is there any way to shorten it?
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It should be a standard NA tranny. for it to be a T2 tranny there would have to have been some modifications done already. The B2000 tail shaft trick should work just fine I have been a part of (but never done it myself) where we used the SA (79-80) Rx7 tailshaft housing on a 81-3 tranny to basically do the same thing. It should be easier with the B2000 part because the shift rods are more compatible than from the early rx7s
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Just look at the bolt pattern to the rest of the tranny. IIRC the shape of the housings are different because of mounting and shifter positon being close to the gear set.
The T2's have a 'flat' ribbed plate that bolts to the bottom and ribs around the center section. The rest of the RX7 boxes don't have to plate that unbolts to expose the gears. The earlier boxes (RX4 etc) look like the T2 boxes.
The T2's have a 'flat' ribbed plate that bolts to the bottom and ribs around the center section. The rest of the RX7 boxes don't have to plate that unbolts to expose the gears. The earlier boxes (RX4 etc) look like the T2 boxes.
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