johny Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 Those were the days! I bet he did all that without even swearing, well not out loud anyway😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 Heck more memory lane stuff apart from the toll road there is also a steep toll road that winds its way from Culbone my dad used that garage pre war when a stalled car rolled back and caused the sidecar mounting on his NUT/or was it BSA to break when avoiding there was a caravan park behind which we used a few times in the 70/80s Dad got fined by the local plod 5shilling for making too much noise through the village Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliff.b Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 22 minutes ago, johny said: Those were the days! I bet he did all that without even swearing, well not out loud anyway😊 Mum didn't allow swearing in front of the children lol. I think he may have muttered "oh dear" or such like 🤬 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 Porlock, was part of my Area, as was Lynton/Lynmouth, fortunately by the time I did it, 1980`s, I had a "Modern". If that is what you could call a Mk3 Escort. 😁 The Peugeot 303 diesel was the best on that one, as was the BX, the Later Astra (Automatic), was quite poor. Been up, and down, Sutton Bank quite a few times. Anything over about 30ft is going to have a hard time getting round the hairpin, especially if something equally as big is coming down. On the lorries, I was glad of the "jake" brake. The R-V (6.5Chevy) made a fist of it Ok, albeit slowly. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Raybould Posted March 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 26/02/2023 at 17:12, KevinR said: Nick Jones has tried it, his attempt is documented on another forum : https://sideways-technologies.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/8925-mazda-gearboxes-some-bstard-told-me-it-was-impossible-so-i-had-to-do-it/ Thank you. I shall pass on the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djn Posted March 5, 2023 Report Share Posted March 5, 2023 I think "Vitesse Engineering" are currently developing an MX5 gearbox conversion for the GT6, which would also suit the Vitesse. I am thinking of going down that road if it comes off. https://www.vitesse-ltd.com/ (Spitfire 2.5 efi with 3.63 diff) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted March 9, 2023 Report Share Posted March 9, 2023 On 23/02/2023 at 09:21, Ian Foster said: Bruce Nick Jones will be along any minute to explain how easy it isn't! Ian Fixed that for you...... Kevin has already linked to my thread on Sideways, which covers the process of getting an MX5 NA gearbox into my Mk3 GT6; a substantially similar process to putting one in a Vitesse. I have also previously put a Toyota W58 5 speed in my Vitesse - but that was 20 years ago when they were cheap. That was easier, though still tricky enough. Bottom line - it can be done. I've done a couple of thousand miles in my GT6 with box now and it works fine. It's really not very easy to do though. You could make it a bit easier by not re-inventing the selector mechanism and modifying the tunnel cover instead, but that isn't actually the hardest part. I didn't spend much money but I did spend many, many hours of my time. As others have commented, there are several easier ways to lower your cruising rpm. As for the Vitesse Transmissions conversion, yes, maybe one day. I've had various conversations with them and they do say they are working on a conversion kit for the Vitesse/GT6 but I was never able to extract an availability date from the them. Even that would be a fairly heavy duty DIY install though, as you'll either have to pull the engine to get it in or chop a big chunk of the tunnel out. No other way. Won't be cheap either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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