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Thanks for your information.
Yeah I also saw he is offline for a long time, but I just thought I'll use this thread.
I also can imagine that it is not easy to sell something like this on the internet and having to deal with all us car guys XD
Thats why I would handle it like a open source thing, like people in other comunities often do.
So if anyone can help me to get the adapter plate dimentions I'd be happy.
I will make the CAD model and drawing myself and will give it away so anyone can go to their local manufacturer and have it milled.
Yeah I saw the Fisch set but I dont want to spend more money on the adapter than the actual gearbox.
And I dont understand their input shaft bearing spacer, if it really looks like it is in the pictures I dont understand where it should go...
I can sell the unused kit in my possession and the new owner can do as they please with it, but for personal reasons am not going to directly participate with giving away somebody else’s work.
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Yeah of course, I would not ask for that, also I'm slowly getting away from making this set by myself.
But I wonder, how is this Fisch adapter put on the CD009 , is there a dividing flange at the housing ?
Because to me it looks like it's one solid casting...
the CD009 bellhousing is physically cut off on many swap kits and then the adapter bellhousing bolts on where the front input shaft seal/bearing plate support is. This is one of many examples you can find in a search:
that method differs from the sandwich adapter used on the kit in this thread. According to the Fisch website, their kit also requires removing the front input shaft and modifying the snout end. I figure this is why they must have the front input bearing spacer listed as well, depending on which CD009 transmission is used.
Which also varies from the kit that Careless put together here. However, the Careless kit does require cutting a hole in the side of the CD009 bellhousing for the RX8 starter to clear. So each kit has it’s own unique features to address.
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Ah thanks, now I see.
It does not get bolt on the cutting surface. I thought you need to machine it precisely.
And I also see the housing it very thin there, because my first idea was to cut 10cm off my RX7 bellhousing and something alike from the CD009,
machine both surfaces to spec, making the input shaft align with the excentric shaft and weld the housings together.
I'm currently working on something like the collins adapter, but for the T2 bellhousing.
The two bolt patterns of the CD009 front cover and the T2 bellhousing are getting very close to each other, but in my opinion it should still work out.
PS: Does anybody know if the bolt pattern of the FD bellhousing is different? looks alike...
posting up an optional shifter for anyone who might need a shorter distance from bellhousing option; trying to push the engine-transmission further back into the chassis. Which this mounts to the top of tailhousing rather than out the back of it, for a 26” BH-to-shifter C-L dimension. The SerialNine is 28.75” minimum with the optional offset adapter. I like the spherical pivot bearing this one uses too:
If anyone is interested I have the original kit that careless developed on my car.
It will be posted in the classifieds shortly but feel free to private message me. Pics of the kit and the car it was developed on.
This is how my assembly now looks like, with the stock TII bellhousing and release bearing so I can use my Stage 4 clutch, flywheel kit that I just bought last year.
Than the self made adapter plate 28mm, the CD tranny, and I shortened the shifter console by about 10cm and welded together again.
Fitting it in the car was an other topic and lasted also quite a time.
Today I will try to fit the 350Z propeller shaft , or how did the other guys do it?
Pic from Andoru above looks like the 350z shaft, right ?
Quick reply to my self what I did.
So I ordered an used 350z shaft, to find out it is made from carbon
My options now were limited so I cut the shaft , reinforced it at the cut end, as it normaly has thicker walls at the ends.
And pressed in the original 350z ending with high temp epoxy resin:
Then I machined an adapter from the 350z flange to the FC original diff and it's good to go.
Some weeks ago I went to a track and it seems to work fine.
Balancing of the shaft seems ok also at about 200 kph.
But there is the other issue with the CD009 conversion:
You dont have a speed signal in the car anymore.
So the speedo doesnt work, the ECU cant figure out which gear you are in ( I have different boost per gear for example )
and the adaptiv power steering doesnt work properly.
I just put in an induktiv sensor now that detects the balancing weight on the shaft and so generates a new speed pulse.
The haltech seems to read it correctly and I can calibrate it there to the actual speed.
Lets see if I also can make the speedo and power steering work...
-Patrick
Last edited by PatrickT; Nov 13, 2024 at 02:16 PM.
This is how my assembly now looks like, with the stock TII bellhousing and release bearing so I can use my Stage 4 clutch, flywheel kit that I just bought last year.
Than the self made adapter plate 28mm, the CD tranny, and I shortened the shifter console by about 10cm and welded together again.
Fitting it in the car was an other topic and lasted also quite a time.
Today I will try to fit the 350Z propeller shaft , or how did the other guys do it?
Pic from Andoru above looks like the 350z shaft, right ?
I know it's been a couple years since this was posted but I have some questions as I too would like to do this but I also don't want to pay more for a swap kit than the transmission. I had been thinking if I could come up with an adapter plate maybe I could figure out how to use Rx-7 clutch parts and then I stumbled onto your posts. Here are my questions:
1. Does the Rx-7 clutch disc work with the CD009 input shaft or did you have to use a different clutch disc with the Rx-7 pressure plate?
2. What did you do about the pilot bearing. Does the Rx-7 one work with the CD009 or did you find another one that you used?
3. will you be making the cad files for the adapter plate available for download/ for sale download somewhere?
4. If the cad files are available which years of CD009 does it work with?
