Well as I love doing balls out launches in my escort cossie (and 450 BHP) its not surprising
that the gearbox needs replacing nearly every year.


I have condsidered getting an uprated box which is about 3000 pounds but
that equates to 6 normal brand new boxes
from ford but I will carry on for now destroying the standard ones.
I know this is a false economy versus reliablity but a recent turn of events has spooked me a bit.

A friend of mines car with such an uprated gear box that has has little
hard use from new keeps breaking just as much.

(this time I drove it and it broke - oops sorry)

I dont want to mention who or what gearbox he has but just wondered if
anyone else has had the same experences.

 

pete doughty boxes are supposed to be good, havent heard of any breaking.
Thats what im gonna get anyway, roughly cost £2500 i think.

 

mine not broken (yet).. only did about 500 miles now with it (R&D)... so dont know

 

hello mate got pete doughty contact details

 

welcome to the world of motorsport simon !!!

where theres no guarantees , service is shite , and only a little more reliable than the std units (sometimes )

 

waited about 18 months for my swedish gearkit

they been using them at over 500hp for yonks with no issues

 

Blown my quaife big tooth up twice now!!! Holding together better this time though.

 

Pete doughty box is around 2100 and i never broke it at all and i did lots of 6k launching

However you will then do rear diffs like there made of chocolate unless you uprate that too

I had the same thoughts as you simon and 7 gearboxes later brought a doughty

Buy once buy right

Buy Wrong keep buying

Nige

Doughty Precision Engineering
115 Sherbrooke Road, Daybrook, Nottingham, NG5 6AR
T: 0115 926 2073

pete will sort you out with the bollox

 

Bernies gearkit is only a grand, don't know what it can handle though?

 

wasnt there someone on here selling box's for 600hp @£3k.....ATM????

 

Thanks for the info chaps.....VERY interesting

 

RSrussell,

i think you're thinking of the T5 box which is 2WD, but these boys are using the MT75 which is 4wd

 

i'll shut the door on my way out

 

Don't launch .

 

So gay mike - drive left out of ring - 1st thing i attempted in your car LOL

 

 

get A propper car with a T5 box in