6 Speed Conversion

[steed]

well yesterday i was busy working away the whole day at the garage i use. i turned up with this in the boot of my car:

it's a corolla G6 gear box, purchased from eBay for the princely sum of £99. i unwrapped it from the mutlitude of packaging: to reveal this:

and it would be going in here:

first thing's first bonnet off the get the crane in:

crane in and taking the weight:

then popped the rive shafts out leaving the hubs attached:

after lots of swearing, snagging and unplugging the last few connections of the back of the engine:

here's the empty, messy bay. if i wasn't driving this car home the same evening i would have taken the time to clean it too.

popped the old box off, again with the crane taking a little of the weight.

here is a quick comparison of the two gearboxes, the paseo 5 speed on the left, the corolla 6 speed on the right.

the corolla 6 speed comes with a left hand box mount that will need removing:

the paseo left hand torque mount will bolt fine to the same place on the corolla box, you might want to make sure the threads are clean though. Often people say you'll need to use the corolla linkages, but if you swap over the shift linkage mount from the paseo it has just enough throw to get in reverse, it's a bit hit and miss but it does mean you can just swap the box straight. (corolla linkage mount in hand, paseo linkage mount attached to the box).

here's the 6 speed on ready to go back in

slinging it back in:

the 6 speed has some awkward fins and vanes that get snagged on everything going back in, it's a real juggle.

engine now back in

and the final missing pieces going back on, like the bonnet!

all done and back on the road ready to take me home:

i can report the final drive difference between the paseo 5 speed and the corolla 6 speed is about 200-300 rpm

[Bean]

nice write-up! all you need to do now is put it all in a starlet! haha jj

there nice these 6 speed boxes

[Mo3]

ye dats pretty koool

[Galliano]

Top work on the writeup man! Really liking how your taking different approaches. Can come fit me one up too if you like