Tr7 v8 - How to lower the engine and move it back

[TRip]

Hello Nicholas,

That's prolly the hardest part... waiting and waiting for parts and bits and pieces when your eager to get 'er done!!!

Don't they say... patience is a virtue?

Trip

[manbchsteve]

Do any of you guys know the difference in length (front flat surface to rear flat surface) of the TR7 Bell housing and the TR8 bell housing?  Steve.

[tr8todd]

You would think they would be the same since they bolt up to the same tranny, but they are slightly different.  The TR7 is 6.75" deep and the TR8 is a hair over 7".

[manbchsteve]

Thanks for the feedback!  Could you give the exact length of the TR8?  How much over 7 in.?

[tr8todd]

That was measured laying flat on the floor using a tape measure.  To get a precise measurement I will have to clamp on some flat stock and break out the calipers.  There's more than enough play in the input shaft to use 7" as your measurement.  By a hair, I was literally talking a hair.  Could be from crud on the housing where it contacts the floor, a grain of sand on the floor lifting the bell a hair, casting variation.  It's British.  I could measure 5 of them and all five will be slightly different.  Go with 7".

[manbchsteve]

THANKS FOR THE HELP!  YOU HAVE A TR8 BELL HOUSING FOR SALE?