Gearbox for Sirius dash?

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Gearbox for Sirius dash?

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Will the factory 8 valve gearbox fit the 12 valve dash motor? If not, what will?
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Yes the standard box fits.
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Dash FWD motor will be different won't it? Smaller bellhousing?
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The Dash FWD bellhousing is narrower that the Starion RWD 8 valve engine. FWD to FWD will be conpatible, but not FWD to RWD.

I believe tat there are some RWD DASH engines, if so, they should be fine. otherwise, just swap the heads.
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Post by gjgnz »

Yep, unfortunately its a fwd motor and I have now found out it definately won't fit the staz box :( Are there any boxes from a sigma/galant/l200/l300 etc that will fit? I'd rather not have to pull the motor apart.
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Post by Alspos »

Sigma's are narrow block aren't they, auto's are wide block. Maybe you'll get lucky and the pattern is similar.
Failing that, adaptor plate.
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RWD sigma will bolt straight up. that's what i'm using in mine.
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I thought sigmas were cable cluth though? Do some come with hydraulic clutch?
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Post by MrBtchy »

i'm not sure if they come with a hyraulic clutch, i'm using a cable clutch...but then my car came out with that from the factory so it was easy.

i also have a gearbox(still cable from a sigma) that has the same dimensions everywhere as the starion except fot the bellhousing that bolts straight up to the vr4 block, so if i decide to upgrade i won't be doing the starion block/vr4 head but the whole vr4 conversion...
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a 2 litre cordia motor won't bolt in to a starion will it?
is it there any other problems other then the gear box?
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Post by toysrus »

gotrice? wrote:a 2 litre cordia motor won't bolt in to a starion will it?
is it there any other problems other then the gear box?
No, any Engine which has been fitted and removed from a Cordia is the 'Narrow type' where as the Starion g/Box only accepts the 'Wide type' Engines, without modifications, which are generally from RWD donors :wink:

Though I have seen one idiot that had modified their Cordia g/Box to fit a Starion 2L in it :shock: :wtf:
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Does the starion have, the short motor or long motor?
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Post by NXTIME »

Starion (and other RWD Mitsu) have the wider block. Cordia (and FWDs) have the narrow block.
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Didn't really anwser my question
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Post by toysrus »

gotrice? wrote:Does the starion have, the short motor or long motor?
No such thing.... :?
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