Originally Posted by ooja3k
(Post 1459798)
My BP to ZF5 kit arrived today. Thank you David! Everything looks awesome!!!!!!
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Hmm. Definitely going to take a closer look at this in order to figure out if I can use my current clutch/flywheel setup with the adapter.
I have a 5.5" Quartermaster twin disc clutch that I can just change the friction plates to match the transmission splines, but need to research pilot bearing and whether or not the starter ring gear on the flywheel is the correct diameter and mounting depth. |
Originally Posted by Arca_ex
(Post 1459808)
Hmm. Definitely going to take a closer look at this in order to figure out if I can use my current clutch/flywheel setup with the adapter.
I have a 5.5" Quartermaster twin disc clutch that I can just change the friction plates to match the transmission splines, but need to research pilot bearing and whether or not the starter ring gear on the flywheel is the correct diameter and mounting depth. |
Originally Posted by mininut
(Post 1459716)
Are there plans to make an adapter plate/flywheel for the duratec/mzr to zf 6 speed at any point?
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Originally Posted by Leafy
(Post 1459842)
I mean you can already easily put a t5 behind an mzr like I did. Its much cheaper than this kit, but you have to do a lot more work (between figuring out your own clutch setup and making your own transmission mount) and the bell housing casting leaves a lot to be desired.
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Anyone running the 6 speed ZF kit yet?
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Originally Posted by sixshooter
(Post 1479739)
Anyone running the 6 speed ZF kit yet?
https://kmiata.com/blogs/news/miata-...able-for-order I expect these to ship in about two weeks. If you guys have questions just let me know. |
Originally Posted by KMiata
(Post 1479903)
You beat me to it, I haven't even gotten a chance to post about it here. We just started taking orders for the initial 10 6-speed kits. Most are already accounted for. You guys can read about them here and lock one down if you're interested:
https://kmiata.com/blogs/news/miata-...able-for-order I expect these to ship in about two weeks. If you guys have questions just let me know. |
Originally Posted by psyber_0ptix
(Post 1479935)
Any solution for NA speedo and or holding a stock diff in place when converting?
Speedo solution is also moving along. I'll have an update on that soon too. |
Originally Posted by KMiata
(Post 1479948)
Speedo solution is also moving along. I'll have an update on that soon too. Any ideas if a taller shifter can be done with the pivot on the bolt down plate being a bit higher? (Ala UUC Erk) |
Originally Posted by psyber_0ptix
(Post 1480096)
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Any ideas if a taller shifter can be done with the pivot on the bolt down plate being a bit higher? (Ala UUC Erk) |
NA8 speedo solution is necessary for me. Revlimiter gauges are too nice to do away with.
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I'm going to use a motor to drive the cable to the speedo on my swap using the signal from one of the abs sensors.
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Originally Posted by KMiata
(Post 1480129)
Yes, a lot of BMW shifters could work with this setup, as long as you don't mind moving away from the Miata shifter height/throw/thread pitch. Initially we were using a stock BMW shifter until we sorted out the best geometry. If/when you're ready, just give me a ring and we can go over some options.
The install didn't go too badly, however it took the best part of a day to modify the supplied clutch master to fit. And no diff mount still so can't test anything sadly. |
Originally Posted by RoSo
(Post 1486079)
we're using a CAE shifter with the ZF 6 speed kit. We needed to extend the linkage a bit but its looking well!
The install didn't go too badly, however it took the best part of a day to modify the supplied clutch master to fit. And no diff mount still so can't test anything sadly. Diff mounts are fully tested! Many burnouts and two track days with no issues. We are squaring away manufacturing details now. Initially these will only fit NB rear subframes, and it's possible we may only build them for NB subframes, so NA users would need to swap in a used rear subframe. Unfortunately the NA subframes and subframe braces don't play as well with a bolt-in mount. And in the case of the 1.6 cars, there aren't any subframe braces to begin with, which is an issue. Stay tuned for more details soon. Side note - the lack of wheel hop with a BMW trans and our diff mount is pretty great. The PPF delete makes everything so much easier to work on too. |
would be great seeing a vid or something showing the throw of the shifter with the 6 speed, also how much play there is in the shifter. i really like the short shifted mx5 6speed, and i dislike the "sloppy" feel of my daily bmw. but at 430+ whp i need to go bmw gearbox very soon :D also waiting for a solution for the NA speedo. pics of the NB rear diff mount would be cool too.cant be that difficult to adapt to a NA subframe? will cut and weld :D
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FYI - the RHD clutch master issue. There is a Willwood part that is 1/3 shorter than that supplied that was pretty cheap.
I will try and look up the part number, it worked perfectly and was pretty reasonably priced...from memory $100 NZ, something like that. |
Originally Posted by hf-mx5t
(Post 1487672)
would be great seeing a vid or something showing the throw of the shifter with the 6 speed, also how much play there is in the shifter. i really like the short shifted mx5 6speed, and i dislike the "sloppy" feel of my daily bmw. but at 430+ whp i need to go bmw gearbox very soon :D also waiting for a solution for the NA speedo. pics of the NB rear diff mount would be cool too.cant be that difficult to adapt to a NA subframe? will cut and weld :D
NA speedo solution is going to be the same as the V8 guys use. Dakota Digital electric to mechanical converter box. We just need to work out the details on our end. NA and NB just have different subframe brace mount points, and the NB ones are located in a more favorable location. NA6 customers will need to swap subframes regardless, so they may as well go to NB, but making the NA8 subframes work is definitely a possibility. |
Originally Posted by mx5-kiwi
(Post 1487675)
FYI - the RHD clutch master issue. There is a Willwood part that is 1/3 shorter than that supplied that was pretty cheap.
I will try and look up the part number, it worked perfectly and was pretty reasonably priced...from memory $100 NZ, something like that. |
Originally Posted by hf-mx5t
(Post 1487672)
would be great seeing a vid or something showing the throw of the shifter with the 6 speed, also how much play there is in the shifter. i really like the short shifted mx5 6speed, and i dislike the "sloppy" feel of my daily bmw. but at 430+ whp i need to go bmw gearbox very soon :D also waiting for a solution for the NA speedo. pics of the NB rear diff mount would be cool too.cant be that difficult to adapt to a NA subframe? will cut and weld :D
Skip to 12:30 for the gear banging. |
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