A833 O/D gears in an A833 1:1 ?
The width and inside diameter is the same as the 307, but not the same as a standard 308 bearing.
This is the slice of info I was after. bearing I.D. Thank you, kind sir!
This means I can use whatever A833 I want with the O/D gear set and shafts I picked up. That's what I suspected. The machining is the same, then, with a difference in bearing O.D. Some big block trans used the 308, some didn't.
Sounds like your pretty passionate about making this work, good luck to you. It would be cool to see a build thread chronicling this adventure. :D
There will be.
When I sent the Scamp through the tin work, I put a 4spd hump in it from a donor car and seam sealed a sheet metal blockoff over it, covered it in molded carpet when I did the interior with this swap in mind, in the fall of 2011.
I'll get pictures of the case build, parts needed, etc. I think this would be valuable information for anyone interested in getting a bolt in O/D done for way less than other places charge.
I looked extensively at doing a T5 and bailed, because I didn't want to make an adapter from a mopar bellhousing. I looked into some Australian stuff and a few other manus locally. The cheapest one I could find was about $200 from Australia. Most of those cars got a Borg Warner T10 and they make a T10-T5/56 plate for cheap.
I also debated buying their bellhousing, because the fork is on the other side, away from the starter, for a push slave hydraulic.
I've already got most of the parts for this swap now, using the standard bell, so I'm going to run what I've got and keep accumulating parts. :)
