OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter?
OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter?
09-19-2013, 03:48 PM
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(09-19-2013, 03:01 PM)Jetmugg I'm in Missouri. With any luck, I'll be traveling close to your neck of the woods (Bonneville Salt Flats) in 2 weeks.
I was thinking in terms of something thicker than 3/8", possibly up to an inch, but that's just what's in my mind right now. If there's a "magic thickness" that works best in terms of starter clearance and spacing of the flywheel relative to the transmission, then that seems like the preferred thickness.
I need to spend some time thinking about how to work out the flywheel / flexplate positioning. You basically "sandwiched" the two together, correct? (MB in front, GM behind). If it's possible to get a GM type flywheel that hasn't been drilled for a bolt pattern, would it work to drill the GM flywheel for the MB crank pattern, and bolt right through the whole stack, into the crank?
Yes they are sandwiched together as you state.
My problem is the thickness is an issue, in the 4runner conversions I have very little space to deal with, so the adapter plate has to as thin as possible.
I have checked and no flywheel manufacturer has blank flywheels and they only talk large quantities. I started this 6 years ago and imported my engine from England because I could not find 98-99 606 engines over here at that time.
The problem with the GM flywheel, you can't interface the 6 bolt pattern to the 8 bolt 606 pattern, that is why the 617 adapter works because they have 12 bolts adapted to the GM 6 bolt pattern.
That is how I ended up with Wilcap he was only game in time that would make a custom flywheel.
Ron
(09-19-2013, 03:01 PM)Jetmugg I'm in Missouri. With any luck, I'll be traveling close to your neck of the woods (Bonneville Salt Flats) in 2 weeks.
I was thinking in terms of something thicker than 3/8", possibly up to an inch, but that's just what's in my mind right now. If there's a "magic thickness" that works best in terms of starter clearance and spacing of the flywheel relative to the transmission, then that seems like the preferred thickness.
I need to spend some time thinking about how to work out the flywheel / flexplate positioning. You basically "sandwiched" the two together, correct? (MB in front, GM behind). If it's possible to get a GM type flywheel that hasn't been drilled for a bolt pattern, would it work to drill the GM flywheel for the MB crank pattern, and bolt right through the whole stack, into the crank?
Yes they are sandwiched together as you state.
My problem is the thickness is an issue, in the 4runner conversions I have very little space to deal with, so the adapter plate has to as thin as possible.
I have checked and no flywheel manufacturer has blank flywheels and they only talk large quantities. I started this 6 years ago and imported my engine from England because I could not find 98-99 606 engines over here at that time.
The problem with the GM flywheel, you can't interface the 6 bolt pattern to the 8 bolt 606 pattern, that is why the 617 adapter works because they have 12 bolts adapted to the GM 6 bolt pattern.
That is how I ended up with Wilcap he was only game in time that would make a custom flywheel.
Ron
Messages In This Thread
OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by Jetmugg - 09-16-2013, 09:39 AM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by waz - 09-16-2013, 09:53 AM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by Jetmugg - 09-16-2013, 09:59 AM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by Jetmugg - 09-16-2013, 02:58 PM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by waz - 09-17-2013, 09:46 AM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by Jetmugg - 09-17-2013, 10:20 AM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by Mark_M - 09-18-2013, 04:14 AM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by Jetmugg - 09-18-2013, 10:04 AM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by tjts1 - 09-18-2013, 11:19 AM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by Jetmugg - 09-18-2013, 11:51 AM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by tjts1 - 09-18-2013, 12:28 PM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by Jetmugg - 09-18-2013, 03:26 PM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by zeeman - 09-18-2013, 05:14 PM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by Mark_M - 09-18-2013, 05:15 PM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by Jetmugg - 09-18-2013, 05:51 PM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by zeeman - 09-18-2013, 07:26 PM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by Mark_M - 09-18-2013, 06:17 PM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by Jetmugg - 09-19-2013, 11:20 AM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by zeeman - 09-19-2013, 01:24 PM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by Jetmugg - 09-19-2013, 03:01 PM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by zeeman - 09-19-2013, 03:48 PM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by Jetmugg - 09-20-2013, 01:42 PM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by zeeman - 09-20-2013, 03:30 PM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by Jetmugg - 09-20-2013, 07:28 PM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by zeeman - 09-20-2013, 09:39 PM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by Jetmugg - 09-22-2013, 07:57 PM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by zeeman - 09-22-2013, 09:45 PM
RE: OM60x to GM Manual Trans adapter? - by Simpler=Better - 09-24-2014, 10:10 AM
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