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tr8todd
Todd Kishbach

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12/04/2009 07:42AM

Main British Car:
5 speed from a land rover into a TR8
Posted by: tr8todd
Date: March 28, 2012 08:34AM

How does one go about this? Is it possible? I crawled under a manual 95 LR in a junk yard local to me and looked at the 5 speed. It's bolted to a transfer case and looks very unfamiliar to me. Does it just tear down to a point where I can bolt an SD1/TR8 style bellhousing to it and go from there? I have heard that the later LR R380 gearboxes fitted to the 4.0 are stronger than the LT77 that came in the TR8.


WedgeWorks1
Mike Perkins
Ellicott City, Maryland
(435 posts)

Registered:
07/06/2008 08:07AM

Main British Car:
1980 Triumph TR8 3.5 Litre Rover V8

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Re: 5 speed from a land rover into a TR8
Posted by: WedgeWorks1
Date: March 28, 2012 04:05PM

You have to change the input shaft since the bellhousing is extended and also will have to look at the back case too since the transfer case is attached for the four wheel drive. It is a lot of work.


roverman
Art Gertz
Winchester, CA.
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Registered:
04/24/2009 11:02AM

Main British Car:
74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L

Re: 5 speed from a land rover into a TR8, why ?
Posted by: roverman
Date: March 31, 2012 02:47PM

I can't think of good reason to choose a LR box over a wc-T5 ? Ratios on the LR R380 ? Additional weight, height and cost of parts ? Oops, maybe shifter location or If you lived in England, perhaps. Cheers, roverman.
Ted Lathrop of Fast Cars Inc. specializes in suspension and chassis modifications for British sports cars.


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