Could you just remove the flange from the upper part of the sump? And then use the normal brackets and inspection plate?

got it in and hooked up. just need to fix the slave cylinder and build the drive shaft. i could have used the stock GT-s shaft but there was not mounting points for the carrier bearing due to the early '77 cars having one piece shafts

its odd that with all the civic hype years ago there would be more 4x100 options (85 mr2 aw11)

Test fit the modded bell housing last night. Slid right on just like oem. .300 depth was perfect with ring in place. Now just to reattatch with new gasket made from gasket sheet.

On monday i talked with randy davis of brd racing and he filled me in about the t series transmissions. There were late and early T50 tranys. I have the early 70-76 T50/40 models. There were also 77-84 and 85-87 transmissions with trans model overlap to use up the leftover tranys. Shifter location i...

Today I milled my bell housing. I opened up the bearing pocket to 2.678" dia. X .300" depth. Then milled the retaining clip pocket to 2.825" dia. X .081" deep. New retaining clip pocket does not interfere with bearing retainer screws, but it does get close :). Also i decided agai...

Looks like I am on my own with this. :( Currently I took some numbers from my T50a and compared them to the T50b. I am worried about the bearing retainer screws interfering with the bearing and bearing snap ring. I may also need to fabricate a ring to fill the gap between the bell housing and around...

I'm upgrading my '77 corolla TE31's T40 to a T50b GT-s transmission. The bearings are larger in the T50b trans than the T40/T50a and do not clear the bell housing. I need the depth and diameter of the bearing pockets. Also the engine flange to transmission flange measurement would help me decide if ...