Lexus 6sp. Auto Transplant / 4.0 con't

[Guynn <amx69@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Brien,

If you need a deeper bell for the Lexus convertor, consider the deep 
type standard bell that came on the V8 cars. Maybe that would be a 
posible fix.

Torqueflites have one of the most shallow torque convertor offsets on 
automatics.

One other idea would be to look into one of the special adapter bellsd 
that Advanced Adapters does. It looks like plenty of meat is there for 
bolt pattern mods. Another good place to seek an adapter/bell would be 
J>W> Transmissions. They do a bell that allows the Powerglide or the 400 
Turbo to be bolted to it. Maybe one of those would allow mods to fit the 
Lexas trans.

My advice is make sure the flexplate stays bolted to the crank, Don't 
space it back. If anything needs spacing back[due to adapters] then make 
spacers for the convertor. Leaving the flexplate on the crank as 
designed allows the starter to stay put and that solves a lot of headaches.

This sort of trans swapping goes on a lot in Drag Racing. I have 
swapped many different transmissions into other makes of cars than they 
came in. There are plenty of ways to do it, some are expensive, some are 
not. Some ways work well for a long time, some fail soon. With mid 
plates, and different stuff in Drag cars it always boils down to getting 
the correct space between the flexplate and the transmission pump. Too 
deep, the pump gets ruined, too shallow and the torque convertor splits 
where it engauges the pump.

Good Luck,

Randy Guynn