mikeyb10supra Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Does any kind young fellow fancy taking me for a blast in there single auto....if you have a high stall and BL box even better, I really cant make up my mind whether to up the power on the auto box or manual conversion when my single comes along?? Mikey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Depends how much power you are going for. You can do a manual conversion for the cost of a BL box and high stall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb10supra Posted September 30, 2006 Author Share Posted September 30, 2006 Ahh just the right man for the job!!!...John I will be using arnouts cast manifold and fabricating a kit around that.....probably aiming for a reliable 450-500 max not silly power....was thinking a BL61, I was considering R154 box and bellhousing as im not worried about the extra gear for high speed runs, but was told its not up to the torque I would be putting through the box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Your welcome to come out in mine. I have a problem with lag, so if you want putting off from stock auto box i can do that easily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Ahh just the right man for the job!!!...John I will be using arnouts cast manifold and fabricating a kit around that.....probably aiming for a reliable 450-500 max not silly power....was thinking a BL61, I was considering R154 box and bellhousing as im not worried about the extra gear for high speed runs, but was told its not up to the torque I would be putting through the box Wise choices. Im not familiar with the R154 box, but what do the sub 10 sec cars in the states use? Sounds like your building a car for the 1/4 more than street/drag, If so an auto would be better but for a street car im so much happier with tha manual box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb10supra Posted September 30, 2006 Author Share Posted September 30, 2006 a guy on supra forums has said he went through 3 W58 box's and says the r154 is like playing russian roulette, so didnt like the sound of that much Pig....its just that worrying me at the moment, hence me thinking of a manual swap, on another note, what size tubrbo are you using Im really after a quick street car John but not worried about hitting 130leptons every other run tbh, which is why I though the 5-speed might be better suited! so providing I carry out the work myself doing the conversion I was maybe budgeting 2-3k for the 6-speed parts, does this sound realistic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Yes. Mine cost less than that in the end, but more initially. I brought a donor car so I had everything I needed and then made the money back selling parts. Dont know if this would be viable now as it seems like every man and his dog are breaking cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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