M.H.

I get people telling me it sounds like its only running on 5cyl, I tell them its probably something to do with it being a 5cyl, then comes the questions of how does a 5cyl run?

There is no bolt in merc lsd diff with the correct ratio.

I have decided to go with a t56. Will also have to do something about the diff as it has a 2.8 ratio. R200 will probably be used. Will be having a bellhousing and flywheel made for it in tge next couple of weeks

toyota r154 pretty strong box

Yea i have been doing a bit of research on them. The r series boxes are quite strong and are used in hiluxs and are quite cheap. Having a removable bellhousing is nice too

How much torque are they rated to? I thought the t5 wasn't that strong?

Yes its a m117. The old m116 and m117 used in the old w116 cars did have a manual gearbox which is extremely rare and will not fit the later alloy block m117. There is no manual gearbox for the m117 and m119 v8

I have a mercedes w126 500sec that i want to convert to manual. There was no factory manual gearbox available for the v8. It only has 195kw standard but ill be doing something about that. What options do i have for a gearbox? Making an adapter plate and flywheel shouldn't be a problem

Name: Michael

Location: Dorkland

Cars: 1983 Mercedes 500sec 1985 Audi 200 turbo quattro avant 1985 Audi 90 quattro

Mods: Both merc and Audi 200 under restoration at the moment, will leave the merc pretty much standard, might fit a later 32v v8 in it. Audi 200, will replace the 10v turbo with a 20v turbo. Audi 90: Have fitted it with a 4.2 32v v8 from an a8, just have the radiator and exhaust to do along with some reassembly