[s-cars] Performance update with DSY

[Elijahallen92 at aol.com]

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In a message dated 12/20/2002 9:51:52 AM Eastern Standard Time,
Keith.Maddock at trw.com writes:


> Placing this spacer, all the holes lined up perfectly (as expected) with my
> S4 trans.  Placing the same spacer on the DQT, you can easily see where the
> dowel hole in the DQT is not big enough (nor is it round!) to fit the I-5
> dowel.    Nor is there enough material around this hole in the DQT to just
> bore it out to fit the I-5 dowel.
>
> We thought a bit about the solution, and based on the amount of material on
> the bellhousing, we figured the best solution would be to both machine out
> the hole in the Dxx trans, and machine down the dowel a bit.  This
> obviously is not an easy task, especially if you have bolted the car back
> together.
>
> But we did both agree, running only one dowel is not such a good plan...
>
>

 Keith,
   Not only is the hole in the DSY not the right size but it is not made for
a dowel at all. There are four holes in the DSY for dowels and only one of
them line up and the other three land in places where there is not enough
metal to drill out the block to line one of them up. Also, not only is the
dowel to big but it is offset in the hole on the Five speed trans so even if
you machined the dowel down there is not enough material in the bell housing
to drill the offset in the existing hole. The only thing that I can think to
do is find a spot on the bell housing that is thick and lines up with a place
on the block that is thick and port a completely new hole for a dowel. Thanks
for any help,

Elijah