That is not the case. The turbo box has the same ratios for 1, 2, 3, & 4, but a taller 5th gear than the N/A (0865 vs 0.78). Late turbo boxes had the 71C sized gears but still the 71B bearings on input and countershaft.
Cheers Feral Errol -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of R.Gregory Sent: Monday, 8 April 2002 3:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FJ gearboxes Hi, Someone recently told me that the FJ20 TURBO gearbox has much closer ratios than the regular FJ20 box. Is this true? Anyone know the ratios of both boxes? Cheers Rich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 4:09 PM Subject: Re: FJ gearboxes > > The difference is in the bell housing to allow for the slant of the motor. > THe FJ bell housing fits to a L series box, and i assum the other way > around. The only thing is that to swap the bell housing you need to know > what your doing other wise you end up with the gearbox in 100's of peices > in your lap!!! > > If you r not sure pay the $100 or so and get a gearbox place to swap them > over. > > Tony Bryant writes: > > > Are the FJ and L series gearboxes compatible? If not > > is it a dowel problem or a just bolt hole problem? > > > > I've got a long tail dogleg I'd love to be able to run > > behind an FJ20DE.... > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
