He said the NEXT step. Isn't the viper tranny a heavily upgraded T56?

 

[quote name='coldfire' date='Jul 28 2005, 11:29 AM']from what i have learned the miata 5-spd transmissions will have the same bell housing and will bolt up, however you still need a custom driveshaft and i'm not quite sure if the shifter location will be wrong.



a modification that people DO perform is to swap in the gears from the 5-spd into an FC transmission, since the miata tranny has shorter ratios.



a little interesting fact: the S5 reverse gear has syncromesh, the S4 does not.


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the miata bellhousing bolt pattern is totally different from the rotary. its easy to swap them however.

 

[quote name='SidewaysFC' date='Jul 28 2005, 06:09 PM']He said the NEXT step. Isn't the viper tranny a heavily upgraded T56?


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It is an upgraded T56, but I dont know if I would go so far as to say heavily.

 

I know its good for 600ft lbs of torque! More than good enough

 

[quote name='1Revvin7' date='Jul 28 2005, 07:47 PM']I know its good for 600ft lbs of torque! More than good enough


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Haha. Easily!

 

r5md was my tranny on my b2600i if i remember correctly.. had i known i could just stick the damn t2 engine on the front with the proper bell housing i would have kept that ****..

 

so really an RX-8 trans could or could not work? And is it true i heard that the Rx8 trans is a reworked miata one?

 

[quote name='Red Suns' date='Aug 2 2005, 05:41 PM']so really an RX-8 trans could or could not work? And is it true i heard that the Rx8 trans is a reworked miata one?


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the rx8 trans is the same as the miata, just a different bellhousing to fit the rotary