Tranny, How Far Back

[miles50]

Raceline sells a bellhousing that will put the clutch lever on the right side, or try and buy a Sierra bellhousing. The US clutches are on the other side. Taylor in Plano Texas (expensive) makes it with starters on either side.

[Tim Taylor]

Thanks Miles, but if the clutches are on the drivers side in the UK, as they are in the US, how are you able to have a 9 degree angle? I'm a bit confused. It seems like you need US bellhousings and we need UK ones.

I'll look into a Sierra bellhousing it would greatly help to get some more footspace. Hopefully I can find someone willing to ship to the US.

[miles50]

The other problem is a lot of bellhousings are of different length so you have to use the clutch arm or do some creative t-o bearing sleeve work. I used the sierra for a 1600 crossflow to T-9 conversion but ended up using a tilton rally clutch. The Sierra I used was steel (heavy) and need some grinding on the outside to fit my tunnel configuration. The Merkur T-9 has a long pilot shaft so you need to use that bellhousing or have use the short front nose which gets complicated. There is a company in the US in Connecticut,Quantum Mechanics that specializes in T-9's I bought a sierra bellhousing from them. I will look up their phone # if you need it.

[Spikehaus]

I have just come across a similar problem. I am using a Type 9 Close Ration Box, (its the longer input shaft model) I have had to mount the engine further forward, and use a gear lever extension to move it back by 135 mm. However, i do not think I have room to fit the alternator on its new bracket? Does anyone know of a smaller alternator that could be use? Starting to thing a Pinto engine would have saved me a lot of time!