Gear Box option - again?

[oldeskewltoy]

actually..........

here is another way....








As you see, the adapter is finished, and now so is the custom input shaft. The reason this isn't in production is simple... there was never enough demand shown to invest the €12,000 - €15,000 needed to put the 1st 25 kits into production.


This "kit" would cost about €1500 per kit. This kit was designed to be used with the AZ6 from the Mazda MX5 Miata. The AZ6 "we" know is the J160, and uses a different tail housing, and has different ratios.

Oh... the S2000 Honda does NOT use this gearbox. The cars using this gearbox are the S15 GT-R, the Altezza GXE and SXE10, the RX8, the MX5. Here are the different factory ratios....

S15 6 spd 3.626 2.200 1.541 1.213 1.000 0.767
RX8 6 spd 3.760 2.269 1.645 1.187 1.000 0.843
Miata 6-spd 99- 3.760 2.269 1.645 1.257 1.000 0.843
SXE10 6 sp 3.874 2.175 1.484 1.223 1.000 0.869


Besides the factory gear sets, HKS makes a set or 2(over $10,000) and TRD makes a set.

The S15 drivers have the highest failure rate, their mass, and torque and grip levels are what kills this transmission - S15 is 2800#s, and over 205#/ft of torque

There isn't a Corolla anywhere that would have that combination of mass and torque... the likelyhood of breaking an AZ6 is minimal at best

Here are more details - http://www.aeu86.org/viewtopic/t50-to-az...ues/t/4283