lt77 to t5 box advice

[993phill]

any advice would be helpfull
we are currently converting a tuscan challenge car into a two seater track day car , we have fitted a rv8 5.0 but i have fitted a lt77 gearbox from a 400se . any way the gear lever comes out about 5 /6 inches to far back for comfort i have tried a shorter sdi shift and the sherpa van idea nither of which produces a very good shift {yet to try the early griff shift}
the other option is to swap the gearbox for a grithith t5 .if i got a complete gearbox with bell housing and shift from a breakers such as bell hill would this be a straight swap {apart from a new prop or is it a bit more involed than this
also a lot of the specailists say get rid of the lt77 as they dont last 5 minutes with a 5.0 rv8

any help would be helpfull

[Chuggaboom]

apart from which the change from 2nd to 3rd is a pig on the LT77 compared to the T5...when I say pig I mean preciseness req'd and therefore ability for speedy changes. I have LT77 on the S and T5 on No.29.

Go with T5 or better.

[The AJP Griff]

YHM

[.Woody]

Can I go to T5 in my Wedge 400SE?

[shpub]

.Woody said:

Can I go to T5 in my Wedge 400SE?

You will need a RS500 T5 as the Griff one have the remote in the wrong position and won't fit a Wedge. Neither will the Griff bell housing as it has parts of the remote on the top which foul the chassis. Get a T5 bell housing from John Eales complete with new slave cylinder. Get a new prop made by Reco prop, make new mounts and machine a new gear lever. You will need new pipe work and bits and pieces. Change the speedo drive - T5 is electronic IIRC and the Wedge is mechanical and get it recalibrated and apart from taking the engine out to fit it all... no problems. Budget around £1500-2000 unless you are doing it yourself in which case bits and pieces will be about £1000. As I said, the box is on top of this.

Done it on the 520SE to fit the touring car spec T5 with Quaife internals to go with the supercharged 5.2 litre engine.

Mind you the LT77 coped with 375+ before the supercharger and to be honest the later boxes will cope with 300+. This does make the T5 conversion extremely expensive considering a LT77 rebuild/uprating is only about £350.

In other words... yes it can be done. It costs a lot of money and for most Wedge engines the LT77 is fine. The only reason I did it was the supercharged engine torque (500+) snapped a shaft in the LT77. I had reached the limit with that box so time to change.

[.Woody]

[v8sag]

Cerb or T chassis T5 with shifter at the front of the tail housing,Job done.