Blizzard Transmission Options

[ferrit]

Gday!

No, im not the owner, or potential owner of a toyo blizzzard

me mate at uni has one, and hes after some ideas for transmissions.

He blew the engine up earlier, and has dropped a 2.4 lux diesel into it (instead of the old 2.0 diesel, but now he desperately needs a 5th gear, cos the truck now revs its nuts off at 85-90kms.

I poked me head under today, and had a looksie, and the tranny doesnt look any different than a 40 series one.


Anyone know if a 40 series gearbox will.

1) Fit in a SWB blizzard without comprimising driveshaft angles
2) bolt onto a 2.4 2L Toyota diesel.



His next move after the 5 speed is to gank the turbo off a 2.4 TD surf and throw it on


Any help greatly appreciated

[dumbdunce]

Anyone know if a 40 series gearbox will.

1) Fit in a SWB blizzard without comprimising driveshaft angles
2) bolt onto a 2.4 2L Toyota diesel.

1) is irrelevant, as (2) a H55F (40 series 5spd) will not bolt up to a 2L (2.4 diesel hilux motor).

your choices for gearbox will be determined by rear tailshaft angles and rear axle drive geography - if the rear axle has a centre drive, then you might be able to use a hilux gearbox/transfer setup, with a R150F, R151F, G52, W5*, if the rear axle drive is offset to the drivers side like a 40 series, then you can use a G52 or R15*F from a bundera, with the landcruiser transfer case.

I would start by measuring the length of the existing gearbox from the front of the bellhousing to the rear output flange, then comparing that to the hilux or bundera gearboxes - if the length compares favourably then move on to looking at crossmember/tunnel mods, shifter hole location, and tailshaft fabrication - whatever is necessary.

by far the easiest way to get the highway revs down would be to fit larger tyres.


good luck

Brian

[Area54]

Might be able to look at a bundy gearbox and transfer, this will match the offset of the diffs, may require some crossmember mods as dumbdunce described.