XE 351 manual conversion

[279henry]

Just bought 351 Cleveland auto for my 6cyl xe which I converted to manual T5 a few years ago, just wondering if anyone know of somewhere I can get gearbox, bell-housing etc in Sydney region or would my T5 suit 351?

[FERG_51]

T5 will work, ive seen 4 speed bellhousing re drilled and tapped to suit the T5.

[Mayzy]

You can also get aftermarket bellhousings to go between clevelands and T5s, Castlemaine rod shop do a blank one that they will drill to suit top loader, singlerail , T5 or Tko 6 but they want like $650 for it, but I've seen others come up from time to time on eBay for as little as $350 just depends on how deep your pockets are and whether you can get hold of a factory singlerail one to re drill easy enough but either way its worth the hassle the T5 a good box that will handle a lot more abuse than a single rail, and there's no mucking around with linkages like a top loader that and you can run like 4.11 diff gears and not have to screen that 351 out at 4500rpm all the way down the highway

[Yellow_Festiva]

Are Dellow still around? Didn't they do bell housings to adapt different (non factory) engines to different boxes?

[mik]

Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva

Are Dellow still around? Didn't they do bell housings to adapt different (non factory) engines to different boxes?

Yes they did, I have a rover 3.5 V8 bell housing to w55 Toyota 5 speed kicking around the shed somewhere, I don't know if they are still in business though.
Edit: personally I would try harder to get the factory bell housing if possible.

[LG17]

Still going...

http://dellowconversions.com.au/