Hi yes I will be asking for all the advice any where I can getAre you linked up with Club Automobile Francaise? There is at least one Adelaide member who knows these vehicles extraordinarily well.
Which engine are you asking about? You refer to both R16 and R15/17 just before the question hence unclear.
If you're asking about the R15/17 engines, they almost never came attached to 5sp gearboxes in these cars, 17TS and 17G are the only exceptions. The clutch bell housing is the same, and it is the same with the 395 'box bellhousing found on R18 (which is a five speeder, by the way, but not close ratio). Using one however means you'll need the associated clutch cable stop, because the lever on the 395 ex R18 is longer than that on R17/R15 so make sure you get that too.
Dunno if the R16 bell housing can be used.
Yeah thanks. I was asking which box was fitted to the 15 and 17.
So it's sounding to me that the 15 and 17 shared the same gearbox with different bellhousing?
So my best option would be to find one of these bellhousings and that should just about do it.
Also the R18 bellhousings is this the same also despite going to a 5spd box.
Or if going down that route maybe getting the whole R18 box and running gear would be a better option though maybe a bigger project
It sounds like there might be a few on here wanting to know the outcome here