Lexus 6sp. Auto Transplant / 4.0 con't

["Brien Tourville" <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "amc" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: ! HAPPY HOLIDAY MOTORING !
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 01:13:47 -0800

A: Won't the AW4 bellhousing bolt onto the Toyota 5 speed auto?
(reason I ask is because I may be going the opposite way with a 
diesel
motor into a Jeep)

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Don't know yet Jim - haven't had the hundred extra to get it shipped 
yet :).......... BUT it is paid for otherwise......... got charged a 
hunnie just to crate it  &  take it to the shipper......... dang!
So I had him crate it & stick it in dry storage.........wtf.

What I have found out is - the convertor is d'eeper' than the stock
Aw4 unit - I think it is Gregs .jpgs on Strokers that illustrates 
this difference - and - the input shaft is naturally longer & 
thicker.......... something we all hope for in these Times of
Designer Genes.........:) so ...... I'll have to push the trans body
back to accommodate this thicker / longer condition. (damn!:)

>From the .jpg I have of the trans. off eBay - It shows the 
b'ossings' where the bellhousing bolts go into on the
trans body - but - I suspect they may be c'osmetic' as
I can't really define the break line between bellhousing
& trans body........ so lots to still find out about my
6speed Dream Date!

It would make some sense from the standpoint of bean counters
to have the  standardized  bolt 
positions of bellhousings - but since Lexus can 'White-Paper'
any new design without a care of costs - who knows.

My 'Easy Way OUt' plan is to remove the Torqueflite with
convertor and flexplate - take the Lexus trans / torqueconvertor /
4.0 flexplate / 4.0 bellhousing to my local machine shop and
have him do the Math.  My guess is a slab of U.S. Steels finest
betwixt the bellhousing and block - starter headaches......... and a 
commensurate
lightening of my Cat Food Budget.

              Brien.
         NEW YORK
   eagle registry #501
eagle kammback registry



From: "Brien Tourville" <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 15:24:25 -0500
Subject: ! HAPPY HOLIDAY MOTORING !
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Just a note to say thanks to all on the List
who, over these years, make my eMail most
'Interesting' -

(ok, who here remembers Ed Francis>?)

.... recent List talks about 'Colombos' Borgward
Convertible' brought him to mind for some reason.........

On the AMC Front:

I've located an Original '71 Gremlin Sunroof
& OEM manufacturer (recently
bought out) in England - and a stash of their
NOS later production sliding rag-t0p kits.

The NOS units have a large roof opening of 36"x36"
and will be viewing the Original one - still
installed in a Gremlin roof clip - sometime
after Xmas - sorta' reminds
me of the 1950 Nash Convertible.

I WILL be tying the Uni-Body
sub-frames together & brazing all the seams


The NOS units have a flip up Air Spoiler -
a *Nice* real world touch ,
- is New and probably won't leak -  but
the thought of having 'an Original' has me
travelling a few Counties over to view the Clip,
which still has the Sunroof headliner installed,
hmm....... wonder what I should do ........


The 6 speed Lexus Automatic Trans is getting
an Adapter to mate it to the 258 - which has
a 4.0 EFi intake / GM Turbo ECM - &
I just may whack the plenum area off
to mount a large round canister plenum to the runners
& mount the TB at one end - rather than having the TB
on top - we'll see later.

             Brien.
         NEW YORK
   eagle registry #501
eagle kammback registry


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