Which friggin' transmission is in this thing? - Toyota Yaris Forums

H3LlIoN · 08-20-2009, 12:31 AM

Only car I've ever owned that wikipedia didn't list the damn tranny specs on...

So, I've got my new '09 Yaris. I'm researching engine swaps in this thing. I'm trying to figure out which transmission is in this thing, so I can start looking at my options in terms of adapter plates and bolt ups. I've got the 5MT. Anyone help a brother out?

Thanks in advance.

ChinoCharles · 08-20-2009, 12:46 AM

C54

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_C_transmission#C50

H3LlIoN · 08-20-2009, 12:48 AM

Thank you sir.

ChinoCharles · 08-20-2009, 12:50 AM

No problem.

eTiMaGo · 08-20-2009, 12:51 AM

to be double sure, I doubt they changed anything with the 09 but there should be some sort of specification plate in one of your door jambs, something like this:

ChinoCharles · 08-20-2009, 12:53 AM

Oh, so its the plain old C50? Or maybe that just refers to the class of transmission... I mean, small peanuts, but I'd like to know for sure just to know, you know? (Thats a lot of know)

eTiMaGo · 08-20-2009, 12:55 AM

well this is a thai-spec yaris, we have different gearing from you guys (shorter final gear), which is why you should check your own car

ChinoCharles · 08-20-2009, 12:55 AM

-runs outside-

H3LlIoN · 08-20-2009, 01:02 AM

I went outside too, mine says built in Japan, and doesn't have the engine or tranny specs.

Now I'm back to find a flashlight, perhaps I can see more than with my cell

ChinoCharles · 08-20-2009, 01:04 AM

Yeah, I didn't see it either. Maybe its on the passenger side but its pouring rain and I give up. LOL

H3LlIoN · 08-20-2009, 01:09 AM

Okay, it's raining here too, but I found 'em. In the driver's door jam, just above the door pin on the rear was the tag. It's definitely different from the one he posted, as it has all the stuff the U.S. requires it to have, but the bottom left hand corner had a line that reads A/TM C50. And then, of course, the underside of the hood, driver's side, reads 1NZ-FE, but we already knew that. Tomorrow I'll throw it up on the rack if i get a chance, and see if I can just pull some numbers of the tranny itself.

H3LlIoN · 08-20-2009, 01:13 AM

Some poking around on the net shows that the transmission is as such: C-5X is the series, with X marking the generation. The C-50 hasn't been used since early nineties from what I can tell, but the c-52,4,etc are just different generations of the same c-50.

"The C-50 transmission first came out in the early 1980s in some of the FWD Toyotas. It is very similar to the C-40 transaxle (4-speed) and shares some components. The C-50 was shipped with two different final drive ratios (that I know of): 3.722 and 4.311. It was also made in two different shifter configurations: one for the FWD cars (Corollas) and another for the RWD cars (MR2). The RWD units all had the 4.311 final drive. The C-50 has evolved through the years and has had spin-offs like the C-150. The C-52 is a slightly newer C-50, still sharing many components. The C-56 is one of the latest variants, again sharing parts, but having several upgrades and changes along the way. Even the C-60 (6-speed) used in the Celica is of the same family."

eTiMaGo · 08-20-2009, 01:39 AM

hmmmm interesting, I do wonder now if that plaque is accurate, I do seem to remember now reading somewhere in the past that we have a C56

Kaotic Lazagna · 08-20-2009, 01:47 AM

I was told that the Matrix XRS/Celica GTS 6-spd tranny can bolt on to the Yaris?????

H3LlIoN · 08-20-2009, 01:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

I was told that the Matrix XRS/Celica GTS 6-spd tranny can bolt on to the Yaris?????

From what I've been reading, it seems that pretty much anything that was ever bolted to a c-5x application can be fitted to any of the c-5x stuff, albeit sometimes with slight modification. Don't quote me on that though.

H3LlIoN · 08-20-2009, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

hmmmm interesting, I do wonder now if that plaque is accurate, I do seem to remember now reading somewhere in the past that we have a C56

I have your VIN from the label you posted. Assuming the US computer system works for Thailand VINs, I'll have my roomie run your number in the morning, and he can tell me exactly what is in your car, with your permission of course.

H3LlIoN · 08-20-2009, 02:00 AM

And, to get back on topic, I'll get with roomate and determine identifier tag locations for the c-5x series, as well as code breakdowns.

AdeJong 03 · 08-20-2009, 02:20 AM

cant wait til my warranty expires..

08-20-2009, 12:31 AM	#1
H3LlIoN View User's Garage Drives: '09 Yarrrr hatch Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Midatlantic Posts: 727	Which friggin' transmission is in this thing? Only car I've ever owned that wikipedia didn't list the damn tranny specs on... So, I've got my new '09 Yaris. I'm researching engine swaps in this thing. I'm trying to figure out which transmission is in this thing, so I can start looking at my options in terms of adapter plates and bolt ups. I've got the 5MT. Anyone help a brother out? Thanks in advance.

08-20-2009, 12:51 AM	#5
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	to be double sure, I doubt they changed anything with the 09 but there should be some sort of specification plate in one of your door jambs, something like this: __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

08-20-2009, 12:55 AM	#7
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	well this is a thai-spec yaris, we have different gearing from you guys (shorter final gear), which is why you should check your own car __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

08-20-2009, 01:39 AM	#13
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	hmmmm interesting, I do wonder now if that plaque is accurate, I do seem to remember now reading somewhere in the past that we have a C56 __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

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08-20-2009, 12:46 AM	#2
ChinoCharles Banned Drives: LB Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: OH Posts: 7,787	C54 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_C_transmission#C50

08-20-2009, 12:48 AM	#3
H3LlIoN View User's Garage Drives: '09 Yarrrr hatch Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Midatlantic Posts: 727	Thank you sir.

08-20-2009, 12:50 AM	#4
ChinoCharles Banned Drives: LB Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: OH Posts: 7,787	No problem.

08-20-2009, 12:53 AM	#6
ChinoCharles Banned Drives: LB Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: OH Posts: 7,787	Oh, so its the plain old C50? Or maybe that just refers to the class of transmission... I mean, small peanuts, but I'd like to know for sure just to know, you know? (Thats a lot of know)

08-20-2009, 01:02 AM	#9
H3LlIoN View User's Garage Drives: '09 Yarrrr hatch Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Midatlantic Posts: 727	I went outside too, mine says built in Japan, and doesn't have the engine or tranny specs. Now I'm back to find a flashlight, perhaps I can see more than with my cell

08-20-2009, 01:04 AM	#10
ChinoCharles Banned Drives: LB Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: OH Posts: 7,787	Yeah, I didn't see it either. Maybe its on the passenger side but its pouring rain and I give up. LOL

08-20-2009, 01:09 AM	#11
H3LlIoN View User's Garage Drives: '09 Yarrrr hatch Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Midatlantic Posts: 727	Okay, it's raining here too, but I found 'em. In the driver's door jam, just above the door pin on the rear was the tag. It's definitely different from the one he posted, as it has all the stuff the U.S. requires it to have, but the bottom left hand corner had a line that reads A/TM C50. And then, of course, the underside of the hood, driver's side, reads 1NZ-FE, but we already knew that. Tomorrow I'll throw it up on the rack if i get a chance, and see if I can just pull some numbers of the tranny itself.

08-20-2009, 01:13 AM	#12
H3LlIoN View User's Garage Drives: '09 Yarrrr hatch Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Midatlantic Posts: 727	Some poking around on the net shows that the transmission is as such: C-5X is the series, with X marking the generation. The C-50 hasn't been used since early nineties from what I can tell, but the c-52,4,etc are just different generations of the same c-50. "The C-50 transmission first came out in the early 1980s in some of the FWD Toyotas. It is very similar to the C-40 transaxle (4-speed) and shares some components. The C-50 was shipped with two different final drive ratios (that I know of): 3.722 and 4.311. It was also made in two different shifter configurations: one for the FWD cars (Corollas) and another for the RWD cars (MR2). The RWD units all had the 4.311 final drive. The C-50 has evolved through the years and has had spin-offs like the C-150. The C-52 is a slightly newer C-50, still sharing many components. The C-56 is one of the latest variants, again sharing parts, but having several upgrades and changes along the way. Even the C-60 (6-speed) used in the Celica is of the same family."

08-20-2009, 01:47 AM	#14
Kaotic Lazagna View User's Garage Drives: '14 GT86, '08 Vitz Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Central Valley, CA Posts: 9,873	I was told that the Matrix XRS/Celica GTS 6-spd tranny can bolt on to the Yaris?????

08-20-2009, 02:00 AM	#17
H3LlIoN View User's Garage Drives: '09 Yarrrr hatch Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Midatlantic Posts: 727	And, to get back on topic, I'll get with roomate and determine identifier tag locations for the c-5x series, as well as code breakdowns.

08-20-2009, 02:20 AM	#18
AdeJong 03 "Stealth Runner" View User's Garage Drives: 2009 Yaris-S Sedan Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: LA, CA Posts: 510	cant wait til my warranty expires..

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