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 Posted: 12-24-2008 10:12 pm
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Jensenman

 

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I used the Excel bellhousing, the Elite/Eclat piece uses the Lotus transmission that was cobbled together with various Austin parts and that won't work with the Supra transmission. The Excel bellhousing is still pretty readily available in England. I had to convert my bellhousing to a 'pull' instead of a 'push' clutch mechanism, you definitely need the J-H release fork for that. I modified a J-H fork to use a Toyota release bearing. I have pics etc of my swap while it was in progress, one of these days I'll burn it to a CD and mail it to Greg to see if he wants to put it in the JHPS magazine.

It's possible to adapt a Ford Mustang 5 speed to the original J-H bellhousing but it does take some machine work.