Toyota starlet/glazna 1.3 clutch and flywheel combination? Curiouser and Curiouser

[jawbraeka]

i just read up that the toyota starlet and Glazna (japanese version) used a 1.3 litre engine and transmission to suit.. would these flywheels and clutch combinations work with our little beasties by any chance? in particular, a used with an e series?

anyone?

[jason_]

Order one and sammich against factory to check pattern/center/diameter/etc?

Who cares about the disk, you can put any meat between pp and flywheel as long as input shaft splines the center and diameter doesn't catch flywheel flare.
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[TominMO]

i just read up that the toyota starlet and Glazna (japanese version) used a 1.3 litre engine and transmission to suit.. would these flywheels and clutch combinations work with our little beasties by any chance? in particular, a used with an e series?

I think it's unlikely they would be closely compatible or compatible at all, simply because you have two different sets of engineers in the Toyota and Mazda organizations; and there are many ways to design a product for a specific application.

[jawbraeka]

no problems.. i think i'll be needing some spec sheets from the company then to compare against my flywheel.. thanks.

[bhazard]

A lot of these guys have adapted Suzuki swift clutches. I personally don't recommend a hard clutch on an E series.

[jawbraeka]

i was more thinking about the same stud pattern of the flywheel from a swift.. does it fit? has anyone tried?

[Tommychu]

Most (nearly all) FWD Toyotas don't have pilot bearings, all the radial load is taken by the input bearing in the trans. That may or may not be specifically applicable to what you're trying to find out, but it illustrates just how different these designs are likely to be.

[jason_]

Most (nearly all) FWD Toyotas don't have pilot bearings, all the radial load is taken by the input bearing in the trans. That may or may not be specifically applicable to what you're trying to find out, but it illustrates just how different these designs are likely to be.

I see pilot-less stuff on all baby gearboxes, especially short shafted designs.

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[Tommychu]

I'm not saying pilotless is uncommon, just trying to underline the inherent dissimilarity between most Toyota and Mazda designs.
Besides, even if it was a viable swap (say, if he had more info than "hey this thing's a screamer and vaguely similar to our cars") we already have a couple of overkill clutch options for the Etrans and Ftrans, and a plethora of options for the G. And if you really want Toyota parts in your Festy drivetrain, just throw an E153 tranny in (assuming it'll fit between the Festy frame rails, it's already been done on EGTs and the like).