imo its pointless buying the cts stage two when one of the weakest bits is the gearset has to be a stage two plus, i know of a number of reasonable powered cars which have broke the gear teeth, go straight for the stage two plus saves you having to upgrade at a later date..

christian on a previous post you where stated that the mtx75 gear set is no bigger then the bc box, i dont think the size difference is plain to see but there is definatly a difference, plus how many high mileage mondeos or mk5/mk6 escorts do you hear with gearbox trouble the fact is you dont. In standard form the mtx75 is a very strong box just think how strong it would be if it was modified to the same spec as the stage two plus.
The gearboxes are relatively cheap but to fit them to the mk4 escort properly is not going to work out cheap, i still wish i went down this route but now i've gone beyond that point with the way my fiesta is structured and i have just spent £700 on a set of drive shafts so i would have to change a lot of things.
metal fatigue will get the better of the bc box cts dont ever say the gearbox will handle x amount of power and never will, sunny stage two plus withstood many a top speed run and sprints but when he sold it to pf user sid he broke it with 318bhp.
i went through seven gearboxes before i discovered cts i broke a stage two stripped fifth gear teeth, since going to a stage two plus i have never suffered from a broke box but the box has been off yearly for general maintance and loads of parts have been found to be worn. cts had my box in a month ago for a final drive change but yet again there were quite a few worn parts so these were replaced.
i dont think these problems would happen with the mtx75 the cars i know running this box never had any problems, but like i said before the power handling capability of the mtx75 will be put to the test very soon.

thanks

sean