RA60-65 Compatibility

**AutoXCelica** · 06-02-2006, 03:05 PM

Dammit. And i thought this was going to be a simple changeover...

going to look at the car tonight so is there a consensus about the difficulty of the change? easy or complicated? My feeling from the posts so far is "easy with trouble lurking"...

**ViPeR_NiPPleX** · 06-02-2006, 03:45 PM

if it is just for the gbox, then not a worry! u will need:

front half of tailshaft
flywheel
clutch
brake/clutch pedals
clutch line
clutch master/slave cylinder
spigot bearing
gear stick

i think thats it! although i think ur speedo might be wrong... ur diff ratio will probably be an auto one

21R-C? if the 22RE thats in the ra65 is ok, just pull the long block, run the 21R manifolds and upgrade the carby!

**AutoXCelica** · 06-02-2006, 08:10 PM

Spew. SA63 with an 2S-C. W55 box. IRS rear. Still might grab her. Just concerned about bellhousing. Clutch seems same. Any SA63 guru's here? Now the topic title is wrong

**ViPeR_NiPPleX** · 06-02-2006, 10:26 PM

ah dont bother... u'd be buying a car for just the gbox/pedals.... you would still need a bellhousing and appropriate clutch bits.

**o_man_ra23** · 06-02-2006, 11:27 PM

I just did an auto to manual conversion plus 21RC to 22RE conversion at the same time on a RA60. What i used:
from an RT142:
clutch and brake pedals, clutch pedal box, clutch MC, motor, fuel tank, fuel pressure line, fuel filter, clutch fixed and flexible lines, xmember.
from RA40
clutch, clutch slave cyl, tail shaft, W50 (could have used a W55 from the RT142, and retained the RA60 auto tailshaft, but that was for different reasoning, and the W50 suits the need), gbox mount, engine mounts
kept from the RA60
speedo cable, speedo drive gear, extractors

As you can see, there is a fair bit of interchangeability. The only reason the RA40 tailshaft was used was because the RA60 item was too short, as the W55 and A40D is longer than the W50 and A30. rear half of the tailshaft is identical, as is centre bearing, unis and the yoke... only different part between all rwd celicas is the front shaft section. Inspected the RA65 box, and its identical to the RT142 box.

Cheers, Owen

**wilbo666** · 06-02-2006, 11:40 PM

Originally Posted by o_man_ra23

. only different part between all rwd celicas is the front shaft section.

Cheers, Owen

SA63's and RA65's have different rear tailshaft lengths due to the different lengths of the T and F series diff's respectively (I tired to put a T series shaft in an F series car once and trust me it didn’t work).

Cheers
Wilbo

**o_man_ra23** · 07-02-2006, 02:06 PM

Sorry, yeah, overlooked the different diffs. So... you need the rear tailshaft section to suit the diff, and the front section to suit the box then, cause the centre bearing is in the same spot on the car for all of them. Oh, and the TA22 is special, as its got a different tailshaft, and the T50 yoke is different for the TA23.

Cheers, Owen