FE-FC Holden Discussion Forum

anyone know if the old celica boxes fit into the fe fcs without to much needing to be taken out of the tunnel??? I have a habit of breaking things and the old crash box was hard to find last time it went (incidently when the wife was driving it :D)

My supra box needed pretty major tunnel modification, I think celica boxes are pretty much the same. From memory the Opel 4 speed was one that needed the least modifications, but they weren't very strong, and I suspect getting rare.
I had a Datsun 1600 box in an EH years ago and I think it went in without much cutting too, but they probably wouldn't last much longer than a crash box!!

I have an EH with a celica 5 speed. The transmission hump from an HR auto was cut out with plenty of meat and made to fit without too much trouble. Making a carrier for under the box was a challenge and hung pretty low. Everything fitted OK till the day I flew into a petrol station and straddled the inlet for the fuel which was a bit above the level of the ground but disguised with nicely shaped concrete moulded up around it. Dead centre. The carrier was probably over engineered and took it quite well, but at certain revs/speeds there was a lovely brrp as the box just touched the floor. I ended up having to raise the back of the van and put some higher profile tyres as the police weren't amused, certainly didn't pass the coke can test. In a way they did me a favour as I literally halved my fuel consumption, but also halved the acceleration, nowhere near as much fun leaving the lights or jumping across roundabouts.

So its either put a stop on the go pedal or modify the tunnel.  Cool
Thanks for the info