Trimatic to Grey Motor Conversions

ek61 · Post by **ek61** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:08 pm

i know this is a old post but what was the out come of this conversion

im thinking of doing it soon

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:45 pm

Should have asked at the nationals Dave, Roger was there and could have showed you his car.

I have just put one behind the grey in the wagon and it fitted like a glove, but it's not on the road yet so no first hand experience with the way it goes, Trev

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ekdoug67 · Post by **ekdoug67** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:37 pm

Hi ek61, My ej resto was on the back burner for quite a while but a couple of weeks ago, I got the car back on the road and took it for a good drive to run the engine in. The trimatic gearshifts are quick and precise and manages to change down when climbing hills without starving the engine of revs and there was no sign of the transmission banging against the body which was a huge relief! My greymotor had a standard reco before the trimatic was added so its hard to say how much of the power gain is due to the trimatic but overall, the trimatic makes much better use of the available power and therefore makes the car more drivable.

EKdoug67

ek61 · Post by **ek61** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:46 pm

thanks 4 the quick responses

i did look at that car trev but didnt get a chance to catch up to the owner

im glad it turned out good in ya ej looks like its the way to go then

cheers dave

ek61 · Post by **ek61** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:13 pm

im just about to get one of these kits
anything else you guys can tell me
i also noticed that the pics have

gone?

did u adapt a rear cross member for the trans or the rear engine mounts hold it up fine?

cheers dave

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:34 pm

The trimatic is lighter than the hydro so the engine mounts are fine.
It is a great kit, you won't look back, Trev

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ek61 · Post by **ek61** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:02 am

did u have to modify the rear cross member for the hand brake at all?

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 1:03 pm

ek61 wrote:did u have to modify the rear cross member for the hand brake at all?

if you had a trimatic in it with the red wouldn't you have all this stuff already (rear cross member/handbrake setup)

ek61 · Post by **ek61** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 1:23 pm

lol me handbrake never

was running a chassi kit with a hq crossmember
never fitted a handbrake back on the car

all i have is the rear cable cable tied to the chassie rails

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 3:14 pm

is yor car an auto bodied car

FB MAD · Post by **FB MAD** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 3:22 pm

Auto bodied EK should easy to fabricate a crossmember I'd guess as the auto rear crossmember floor braces are already there ready to make up the custom crossmember needed for trimatic rear mount.

FB MAD · Post by **FB MAD** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 3:24 pm

There was a how-to on trimatic to FE/FC on the FE/FC forum with pics from memory but it was a few years ago now.

Maybe do a search on that forum might give some answers??

FB MAD · Post by **FB MAD** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 3:34 pm

Not the exact info you are after but just found this bit of discussion a few years back on the FE/FC forum re trimatic to grey

http://fefcholden.org.au/forum/index.ph ... 378.0.html

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:29 pm

FB MAD wrote:Auto bodied EK should easy to fabricate a crossmember I'd guess as the auto rear crossmember floor braces are already there ready to make up the custom crossmember needed for trimatic rear mount.

Roger (the maker of the tri kit to grey) told me not to bother about a rear gearbox mount, just let it stick out the back! So thats what I have done.

With my hand brake I cut the mechanism off the manual cross member and welded it to the chassis near the gearbox, worked a treat

, Trev

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ek61 · Post by **ek61** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 8:54 pm

mine is a manual body with a larger tunnel

i was going to make a new cross member and mount the handbrake back on to that
but if ya dont reccon ya need one i wont bother

trev do u have a pic of where u welded yours on to the chassie?

cheers 4 the replys