So today
Fitted the gearbox
Fitted the tailshaft
Clutch fork fell out during installation. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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Revisit: Didn't have a protractor so I indented the helix gears on a piece of paper and used trigonometry. AU Falcon shaft was 38.45 deg and Cobra Mustang was 34.22 deg so about 4.23 degrees difference there. AU left, Cobra right.
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AU falcon with bellhousing and adapter plate. Basically flush which is no good because cannot reach pilot bearing
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T5 input shafts left to right: BA MK1 V8, AU I6, Cobra Mustang, BA MK1 I6. Difference between Aussie I6 and V8 t5 shafts are only helix gear teeth count - 23T for I6 vs 24T for V8 as previously established. This is definitely the case for BA MK1 as seen in picture and AU although I haven't physically seen a V8 AU t5 input shaft. AU and BA helix gear angle should also be the same but I didn't try it.
As bgz said notice the fine 27 spline on the BA vs 10 (EB-AU). Height of BA i/shaft is good but clutch disc to suit spline is 260mm+? over the 240mm limit for the Volvo 240 flat flywheel we used. It also costs 3-4 times as much compared to EB-AU!!!
Lots of info here RE: clutch on Anthony Hyde (Legend) website:
http://people.physics.anu.edu.au/~amh110/Clutch/clutch_upgrade.htm
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After AU shaft was lengthened
I haven't added all the costs yet but guessing around 1.5k so far. If Jay's car is Alpha mine is Beta maybe 1 or 2 more conversions Alex could do up a cookie cutter kit for 740/940s. 240s just aren't worth doing :P
Going overseas tomorrow for 3 weeks won't be back til March 9th. Sorry boys we'll just have to wait a little longer! Unless someone here beats me to it! In the meantime here's something to chew on. Well I should better start packing only 10 hours to flight...
