engine to tranny adapter

Metto

Metto

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to those who have built their own adapter (like a 22r to a th350) how did you do it? just a plate with holes drilled and tapped? how did you get the TC centered on the tooth wheel? im thinking of building an adapter to run a th350 or a powerglide behind the BMW motor thats going to the buggy. is this feasable? im only asking because if i run a BMW tranny i have to run a divorced t case and the bmw 3spd that i would be using is getting somewhat scarce.
 
I'm sorry for not having a constructive answer, but this may be the most complicated powertrain in wheeling today.
 
metty - need to have a dimensional drawing of each including the crankshaft and tranny centerlines, then simply overlay them with CL as the common point.. The chevy drawing is avaliable from my $10 SBC engine rebuild book... Other one you might know better how to get...

or..
<im not a mechanical engineer but....>
Old days this would have been done with a mill.. by simply chocking it up on the bed and marking measuring it off with a special end bit for measuring/edge finding.. Then set the tranny up there and do the same.. Just find the center line and use that as 0,0 then plot out from there to the other holes, reading the mills dials for distance (or using the digital display :D)

Before cad days I would have drafted fullsize paper drawings and gone that route... Today cad can do it faster easier etc... Also cool part is you can choose to clock your tranny to the engine if you so choose..

Im sure there are newer more acurate measuring devices to do the same thing faster and easier..

A machine shop should be able to do it in under an hour... Your really just using the precision of the mill bed to take some distance measurments...
 
thanks yag, i decided to run the BMW 5spd though, after this weekend i think i could do with a manual...
 
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