A few months ago I purchased a G50 from a vendor in the US. I dont want to say who until they've had a chance to respond however you can probably figure it out from the pictures of the billet sidebrace. I did email them a week ago but it has not been possible to catch them by phone due to timezones...
I ordered and was invoiced for a shortened G50 specifically to fit my 1983SC. I got caught up plumbing in a new oil system, interior, fuel cell and other things so the transmission sat for a few months.
I went to install it last week and again today and it appears way too long. Here's what I observe;
1. The "nose " (shifter/forward end) hits the torsion tube well before it should. the shifter input shaft sits far back from the tunnel. pics of that attached.
2. The bellhousing protrudes farther into the engine bay than I recall any other 911 I've ever worked on.
3. The Hargett shifter rod is too short by about 2." The instructions call for trimming it so clearly something is off of its too short out of the box.
4. The hydraulic clutch line is about 2" too short to reach the clutch slave cylinder.
Sounds to me like I might have gotten a non-shortened unit? I dont have any others to compare and I sold of the 915 already so no way to compare without dropping the 915 out of the other car.
Anyone have a specific dimension or can otherwise tell from these semi-installed pics whether this is the proper unit or not?
I am using the transmission vendor's bespoke mount/cradle and wevo mounts.
All of the pics are of the transmission pushed as far forward in the car as possible so the "nose" in touching the torsion tube. You can see in the last one on my vernier caliper the bellhousing protrudes about 75mm into the engine bay.
Thanks for your help.
