Originally Posted by chip-3door
Originally Posted by fiesta cossie
there's alot of miff's on these.
the gearbox's are stronger than 4x4 cossie's and if used genterly can do 11 dead 1/4's with 500+ bhp,
The weakest part of the gearbox is the Alloy selector forks, which brake if forced into gear.
Markturbo and Creedy on here are both friends of mine who live quite local to me, neither has over 300bhp, Mark is on his 4th gearbox now and creedy on his 3rd IIRC, thats in only about 30,000 miles or so between them, Mark drives hard but doesnt launch it a lot and creedy drives like a girl (no offence mate
) so i really dont agree with you on that.
Its true about the selector forks, but thats not the breakages they have been having mainly, its been bearing failure in the main im pretty sure.
We all know its thats down to Marks poor driving
I don't know if its luck, driving style or general servicing but i've had mine for 5 years with approx 100 timing slips and a few track days and only broke 2 selector forks in the gearbox (both due to me ramming it into gear a little hastily
)
Good little cars when left at stage 1 tune (280bhp) and this is when they're at their best.
Anything more and its just hassle with little r and d being invested into them and uprated parts not so easily available.
They launch really well but i've always struggles against other cars once I get into 5th.