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b20 transmisission in b18 engine 120-130

posted by  RNG on  Fri Mar 7 17:36 CST 2008
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Will a transmission and bellhousing from a B20 engine adapt to aB18 engine without major difficulties?







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    posted by  derek uk on  Fri Mar 7 23:34 CST 2008
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    The transmisions are interchangeable but the B18 has a hydraulic clutch to the B20's cable so just choose the bellhousing with the correct clutch operation for your car.








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      posted by  JohnMc on  Sat Mar 8 02:09 CST 2008
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      Yep. Unless you have a good reason to switch, just keep the bellhousing and clutch mechanism that came with the car. You can put either a B18 or a B20 in front of it, and either an early or late M40 or M41 behind it.

      Although it might not actually be that hard to adapt a clutch cable to a 122, might be as simple as getting your hands on a 140 clutch pedal, drilling a small hole, and fabbing a plate to cover the master cylinder's hole.
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