[Mantaman72]

I have a Getrag 265 that I want to put into my Manta A. Anyone have ideas of how I can get a bell housing and a shifter for this trans at a reasonable price?

Thanks,
Rick

 

[BQS4]

Rick;
It might be that you have to go overseas to get those items. If you're lucky, OGTS "might" have them.

 

[john magne]

I got a bellhousing for this gearbox. maybe I also got the shifter. Can you take some photos of your gearbox so I can see what part you need for the shifter?
send to jm"at"jma.no

 

[samdog]

What car did this 265 come out of?

 

[Willy_g77]

my buddy drives a 2.2L 1994 cavalier, and i looked at his trany and he has a Getrag tranny, but what kind is it? and will it fit in a gt? he said i can have it when the engine blows, which it is close(lots of knocks, and some smoke) that thing has seen too much rpms in it days..

 

[opelgt73]

my buddy drives a 2.2L 1994 cavalier, and i looked at his trany and he has a Getrag tranny, but what kind is it? and will it fit in a gt? he said i can have it when the engine blows, which it is close(lots of knocks, and some smoke) that thing has seen too much rpms in it days..

Getrag makes a lot of trannys. The 1994 cavalier is transversly mounted though so it's not going to work in a GT.

 

[john magne]

the best getrag gearbox is the 260 serie(262/265). its originally mounted in opel senator/monza 3,0i. you can also find someone in manta 400 but they are wary rare and wery expensive. and they are 1:1 on the 5th gear.
for you USA buyers it must be much better to use a tremec gearbox in your GTs. even i am going to buy a tremec gearbox for my GT,and the getrag gearbox is much more availably for me and the tremec is less availible here in norway..
a cheaper alternative for you who dont have so much power is the getrag 240gearbox. this is originally mounted in the manta GT/E and GSi,and also many other opels. this one you can get for about 250-300usd here in norway and its wery easy to get one.

(sorry for my bad english)

 

[rstrel]

John, any idea what would be the easiest and best choice for a transmission change in a GT? Right now its an automatic but would prefer a 5 speed. I'm located in Europe.

 

[GTJIM (R.I.P.)]

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John, any idea what would be the easiest and best choice for a transmission change in a GT? Right now its an automatic but would prefer a 5 speed. I'm located in Europe.

With an auto in there you have some of the bits needed for the 5-speed Getrag 240 conversion. The box you need is in some Opel engined Vauxhall Cavaliers & Carlton plus in Opel Mantas etc. from about 1975 through 1988.
Rear Wheel Drive ones!

Have a good read through this thread:

http://opelgt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=625&highlight=Getrag+speed

Then do a bit of searching for "Getrag 5 speed" in the Search function at the top of these pages for more info before you make up your mind.

HTH

 

[john magne]

the easies convertion is the getrag 240 gearbox. this is a very good gearbox! its probably easy to get if you live in europe..

 

[rstrel]

Vauxhall Cavalier and Carlton...AKA Opel Rekord and Ascona? Is the Getrag 240 located in any other European Market car? Would a 5 speed from a '87 BMW 318 fit?

 

[BQS4]

rstrel;
In a word, "no", the bellhousing configuration is different, but, the innards are the same as the 240 5-spd for the Opel.
Gene