could anyone give me any info on fitting a mazda rx8 6 speed gear box on to a cozzy engine ,is it a straight swoop or do i need to do any mods to it ,cheers
could anyone give me any info on fitting a mazda rx8 6 speed gear box on to a cozzy engine ,is it a straight swoop or do i need to do any mods to it ,cheers
you can get an adapter plate which will connect the engien and box, but i think you would need to use a smaller pinto sized flywheel and starter
There's a guy on here called Freddy686868 and he does a conversion plate to mate the two together. I'm doing it with a zetec engine which has the same stud pattern as the yb block. You use your flywheel and clutch as it fits the spline on the rx8 box perfectly.
Do a search for rx8 gearbox and you'll find the thread.
Ah ok. Seems I may be wrong about the flywheel. Graham tends to know his stuff pretty well. I wasn't aware that the yb flywheel wasn't suitable but the spline is definitely 23 like type9.
Sorry if I've given a bit of bum info here!
yes clutch spline is the same but yb flywheel is bigger in diameter than pinto and thus the yb starter is located further away from the engine, so if you use one of freedy's adapaters the yb flywheel is no good
hi guys thanks for the info so just the flywheel has to be changed
sort of, you would obviously need to use a pinto sized clutch, which may give you big issues if your yb is still turbo charged, the other problem you face is a pinto flywheel has 6 bolt fitting and the yb one 9 bolt, although you can buy pinto sized 9 bolt flywheels
This is spot on I have both T5, rx8, T9 on rs bellhousing and the cossy flywheel and bell housing is considerably bigger but does fit in the rx8 bellhousing it just needs someone to make a decent plate. I have been measuring to make my own but it was to be a one off effort and little time so little progress.
Last edited by wildo105e; 15-11-2015 at 11:31.
Will a rx8 box take decent power though?
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Some RX8s have been charged to 600bhp so I believe, so should be up to most Cossies
You can use the YB flywheel with Freddies adaptor plates as my mates just fitted one into his kit car but needed to make a couple of alterations in order for it to fit.
the only thing i would say though is the rotary gets its power from revs, so a 600bhp rotary will not make the same kind of torque that a lesser powered yb can
I've broke one with 2.5 turbo duratec running 335 hp at wheels 300 ft lbs so don't recon they will take cosworth power rotary engine has no torque gone back to t5 box now
I assume that would be to cut out the starter and move outwards then weld back with some extra pieces in etc as that is the only way it will work using the cossy flywheel. It may actually be easier to do this than make the plate from scratch I assume the cossy starter has the same bolt pattern to the pinto ? Might nip in the garage to check
does anybody what the gearbox is officially rated at
I was planning a mild cossy engine so i reckon the gearbox will be up to it i think 250 bhp cossy power in a mk1 escort i am sure that will be entertaining enough for me.
I will find out exactly what he done for you tomorrow. Hes Using a 200 block.
Mine will be a 205 block, I don't know much about Cossies, He will be building my engine/box up... Im more of a vauxhall fan. But he wouldnt let me stick it under the bonnet of the Ford
no worries, count me in for one
the dust cover has the bottom half of the crank area left in maybe worth seeing if this can left in, does that make senses ?
Last edited by wildo105e; 17-11-2015 at 10:01.
Does this help ? The area below the crank acts as part of the dust shield I am sur the spacer would fit behind the flywheel. It would mean the spacer possibly being fitted before flywheel.
The outer black line was the bell housing outline, didn't get much further than this though.
Last edited by wildo105e; 17-11-2015 at 11:39.
This is my t5 gearbox which matches the dust shield.
Not sure about those 4 holes. It does surprise me that that the starter is so close it's not a 4 x4 dust shield is it ??? What adapter plate is that you are comparing with.
Last edited by wildo105e; 17-11-2015 at 21:43.
I'll leave the 4 holes out then.
The plate is my type 9 pinto plate all of the holes for the block are cock on but oviously the cossie starter is in a different place. I will be looking at the drawings over the weekend for it. And it is the dust cover that sue sent me.
Last edited by freddy686868; 17-11-2015 at 21:46.
I can take measurements if you need to compare against just for sanity, it certainly isn't far off.
hi yes it is of a 4x4 cozzy
the gearbox and flywheel are different so if that affects starter position ?? You can however swap a 4 x 4 flywheel for a 2wd one when fitting the 2wd T5 box if that helps as the engine is the same mounts etc. I am not sure if you can use a 4 x4 flywheel in a T5 box tho.
I sure can, the flywheel is probably the same size i think it may be a weight issue between the 4wd and 2wd ??? send me you address etc and i will see if i can get it away tomorrow
just had another look at the pics, on mine look at the top bolt hole on the starter and the block bolt hole just above then compare to the 4x4 one. It looks a larger gap on mine (well to me it does)
any more discussion on power/torque the RX8 box can handle?
Graham, I wanted just to clarify something here and maybe it's a silly question but I thought the 2wd flywheel would be fine with the RX8 gearbox. The larger cossy flywheel fits in the RX8 bellhousing so using the adapter plate, standard 2wd clutch and pressure plate on a n/a cosworth it should work with the standard 2wd starter. As the clutch is bigger than a pinto then it's should be adequate for a mild yb. I'm trying to understand why the yb flywheel would be no good on a n/a cosworth or pinto with a cosworth crank.
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I think most people use a pinto size/ type flwheel on a n/a cossy yb as they are connecting it usually to a T9 gearbox. The T5 box doesn't like revs (so i am told) also i am sure it is probably down to rotating mass as the YB is a big old thing. on a YB n/a you wouldn't need all that mass or the bigger clutch ?? On the othe other hand if you can lighten the YB flywheel to suit a n/a yb then it is a good fit for the RX8 box. I am just in the middle of bolting mine up to the block for a trial fit with 2wd flywheel and clutch and the plates look good so far just need to sort out the right bolts which go in side the bell housing holding theplate to the pinto block. there may be a need to releive the bell housing slighlty even with cap heads. Not got to the starter motor yet but it looks like a trim in the bellhousing maybe needed.
I k ow this thread is as old as the pyramids but do you do an rx8 adapter plate to suit the cosworth flywheel and clutch etc. Thanks.
Freddy ain't been back to the site since May last year, so unless someone messages him, AND he see's it . . . . .you are unlikely to get an answer!
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