Are all M50DR1 bellhousings the same?
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No, they aren't, the 3.0L & 2.3L have different bolt patterns.
The 2.9L is the same except for the two bottom positions.
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Thanks! I am swapping a Taurus SHO motor into a Mazda Miata. I know that the 4.0 trans fits but I figured it must match some others. This should be a big time saver. Hmmmmmmmm now who has a 2wd tranny for sale?
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Actually the 2.9 has the same two bolt holes at the bottom of the bellhousing, there;'s just nothing to bolt them to on a 2.9 engine.
any M5Od-R1 with a TWO bolt starter on the drivers side of the bellhousing will bolt up to a 4.0 or 2.9
AD
Ford decided at the last minute to pull the plug on a cast aluminum
oil pan for the 2.9 because the 4.0 was in developement.
AD
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That is a definite possibility on the 91 & 92 bellhousings, but with the three 2.9's that I've owned (all older than 91) none had the bottom bolt holes that the 4.0L uses to bolt to the pan.
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ALL mazda cases have the two bottom holes.
and we are talking about the MAZDA transmission here...
Or atleast I am...
Atleast all the 11 or twelve E8 mazda cases that have passed
through my hands have all had them
I have yet to see a Mitsubishi bellhousing with the holes.
AD
and we are talking about the MAZDA transmission here...
Or atleast I am...
Atleast all the 11 or twelve E8 mazda cases that have passed
through my hands have all had them
I have yet to see a Mitsubishi bellhousing with the holes.
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