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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 04:04 PM
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Oh n the gearbox probs will break if i get that much power, but i had one in the garage!!

They are very strong, and underrated though, the one in my capri has hada lot of abuse, daily use, smokey burnouts and drag racing for about twelve years, and doesnt even whine!!! It turns 220bhp at the wheels with 75bhp of gas. I didnt even rebuild it, just got it out of an early 2.8i n nailed it in, I uprate if things break!! Everyone said it wouldnt last, but it has, tho it does spin a lot and i think good traction might well kill it.

The next plan is to make an adaptor for a getrag 265 from a 4l Jag, they are real heavy, have power lock diffs as standard, and about 235bhp with a lot of torque so should last ok. Unfortunately they have an electronic speedo too so that could be expensive, we will see.
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