FS: NAPS-Z Dogleg Trans

[gen4maxima536]

As title says, NAPS-Z dogleg trans for sale

 

Price: $125 - Or trade for an L dogleg trans

 

Or if someone local has a bell housing to convert this for use on an L.

 

 

 

[Skib]

i have an L series 4 speed, will the bell housing from that work?

[Llittle_Llama]

so the tranny will work from a 280 z with the napz with an l series bell housing?

[gen4maxima536]

i have an L series 4 speed, will the bell housing from that work?

 

I'm not sure, i've read conflicting information along the way...

Hopefully someone can shed some light on this... datzenmike?

[datzenmike]

No.

 

 

This tranny will only accept the front case from an L series 5spd dogleg. It's likely from an '80-'81 HLA10. It's a short tail and won't fit in a Z car.

Edited December 14, 2008 by datzenmike

[datrod]

No.

 

 

This tranny will only accept the front case from an L series 5spd dogleg. It's likely from an '80-'81 HLA10. It's a short tail and won't fit in a Z car.

 

Damn dude is there anything you don't know about datsun's ? :lol:

[datzenmike]

I know that there is more that I don't know.

I can guess more than I know but not as much as I don't know.

I know a little about the stuff I do know about.

[hang_510]

a little knowledge is a dangerous thing...

 

 

 

i know if it were here id buy it :cursing:

[freaky510]

could you take a straight on shot of the bellhousing.I think iam not 100% sure but i had 1 bolted to a L18 it sat way over to the right i had to modify the hole it the tunnel and made a mount for it i used the stock isolater.I got the set up in a dime i bought 4 years a go. LOL i wonder were their that went :lol:

[datzenmike]

A NAPS Z tranny mounted on an L series motor will twist or lean the tranny center line 12 degrees to the right placing the shifter close to the passenger's seat. Just remove the shifter and bend it to the left by this amount about 2" above the mounting pin or enough to clear the 'ears' above the pin. See picture below.

 

 

 

 

Easy to tell an L from a Z tranny. Look at this tranny. Look straight along the top center line to the 'bell'. See that thin casting line? Follow it up to the bolt holes to the motor. There will be a bolt hole about a inch to one side or the other of that line. If the hole is to the right (as shown) it's a Z tranny. If the bolt hole is an inch to the left, it's for an L series.

 

All you have to remember is 'LEFT IS L'. Anything else is a Z.

 

You can clearly see that if the bolt pattern were rotated to the right 12 degrees, As in an L series tranny, the bolt hole on the far left would move over to about an inch from the center line. This also applies to the FS5W71B and the F4W71B. I believe that the dogleg shown is an FS5W63L tranny.

 

 

Freaky, how did it run? shift fine like that? I've heard of doing this but it's kind of 'in theory' unless you talk to someone who has done it or driven one.

Edited December 15, 2008 by datzenmike

[Cuts metal like mad]

my brother bought a car that way once... he drove it like that for a long time before going with the 280 tranny. No problems, just hits your passenger in the knee when shift into 5th! :lol:

[freaky510]

i really liked it after i got it a bent in to shape.Then i smoked it because the speedo cable wasnt long enough and not ruuning i wouldnt leak so after a few races and being a complete idiot i never noticed the leak and smoked it.

 

idk if it was the gear ratio of what but it was quick.