Hi all, a freind of mine has a 1200 ute that he wants to put a 5-spd in. Since the Datsun A-series 5-spds are a bit hard to come by, I suggested maybe a celica 5-spd. My question is: Does anyone know of a company that makes a bellhousing to adapt the celica box to an A-series ? or does anyone have a bellhousing they want to sell ?
Thanks for any help or info you guys can supply!
Cheers, Shane

there is a company that does it i think it is dellow. type in celica five speed in the search section and some thing should come up its a pretty common topic.

Yep its dellow engineering, they can be found at http://www.dellowauto.com.au/main.html
they charge about $600 for the conversion kit then about $150 for a yoke and new rubber mounting. The 5spd you want is out of a celica or corolla, dellow do rebuilt boxes for about $700 i think. They are known as the 2T and 3T gearboxes. have fun.

what do people rate the celica box compared to the 60a, 56a or 63a box???

what differences have people found on these boxes

Thanks for the info fellas! Once again the 1200 club has helped me out. That kit may be a bit too expensive for my mate as he's on a pretty tight budget but I'll let him know. Thanks again.
Cheers, Shane

Main differences are: Toyota box is basically unbreakable behind any A-series, better standard ratios (and more available through TRD if required), better shift action, and the price!! I have 2 Datsun five speeds but am very happy to also have a 3T and Dellow for one of the race cars.

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I would also say its near on un breakable by anything ! heck they use them behind drag cars... so having said that unless your pushing a good 400-500hp you should be safe :)

if you are pushing those numbers behind an A series you deserve to break at least one box, and when you do you could get the supra bo cos they do a kit for them i think