does it bolt in? anything i need to watch out for? what tail shaft do i need to use? any tips and tricks?

Supposedly one of the stiffening braces on the side of the engine to gearbox hits the pitman arm, can't confirm though as i haven't put mine in yet.

 

What 5 speed? ke55 or ke70? because they both fit further back that the factory ke10 shifter position. Ke70 sits about 6" further back ke55 not quite as much. You'll have to cut a hole either way>

 

Then there's tailshaft as i found the yokes are different between early and late boxes

ok cheers for that. cutting holes is no drama. I'm pretty sure its a ke70 box but not 100 percent how do i tell? so depending of which box i have is which combo of uni/yokes i need to use?

How far back is the gearlever?

Yeah I'm not too sure on yokes yet.

 

I have a ke70 5 speed box and it came with a ke70 yoke off the 5 speed, so I'll see of that works

Yeah pretty sure it's got the shifter at the back (ke70) but should be getting the tailshaft with it so would be interesting to see what u find?

Supposedly one of the stiffening braces on the side of the engine to gearbox hits the pitman arm, can't confirm though as i haven't put mine in yet.

 

I can confirm this. I'm Not running either of them, and haven't had any problems in over 5 years(last two years of driving was with a 100rwkw supercharged 5k)

^^^ so you had no tail shaft issues?

are there any 5spd options that will fit without cutting the car?

how does a t50 line up (i have the k to t bellhousing)

Ryan

^ Is yours a factory manual or auto shell? Mine has a ke30/55 gearbox in a auto ke10 and it comes through the existing hole.

 

I've also got a k-t. I'm going either t18 or ta22 t50 over an ae71/86 one simply because of the output spline count. (and price difference)

 

T18 is the same shifter location as a ke70, so furthest back, requires cutting shell. Where as a ta22 t50 is ke30/55 position and will come through the auto selector hole.

 

I've done a bit of looking into this for mine. But if yours is a factory manual you're going to have to cut a hole further back.. as there isn't a t50 with a shifter position that far forward..

Really? I have a ke55 box in my auto wags and even though the hole lined up I still had to open it up.

I'm still after confirmation on what I will need to do tail shaft wise, 5k with ke70 5 speed to orginal ke10 diff.

At the moment I have a 4 k with a 4 speed I am picking up a 5k with a 5 speed this week to chuck in her

Ok I can do that. What about bolting it up to the diff? Same bolt pattern etc?

Well you will need to get a tail shaft with the 5 speed as the 4 speed one is different length

 

Sure about that?

 

Should have no issues fitting a tailshaft that fits into a 4spd, into a 5spd.

^ :yes:

 

Converted tim's ke55 to 5 speed from 4 speed and it was the right length. Pretty sure all K boxes are the same length just the shifter pos is different.