What type of gearbox do you guys use on high powered escort cozzie's ?
Getting my Escort back in a few weeks, should make about 380bhp. So the standard box will be under a bit of pressure. Just looking on the quaife site and they're quoting £7,000 for an MT75 dog box. I'm fooked if I'm forkin out that for a gear box!!

 

Mullet box, pm marco polo off here for details

 

i wouldnt go quaife really maybe a bara box theyre good althought that might be callad a mullet box as said not 100% sure

 

the normal big tooth quaife kit will take that sort of power and from memory its around £2000

 

Yeh mullet/barra box

 

or even classed as the reyland box aswell.

either way its built by Barra Motorsport and is where i would put my money.

http://www.reyland.co.uk/Details.asp?ProductID=132

 

or source a second hand quaife at half the price of new lol.

but the barra is the daddy really

 

totally agree if i say so myself oh yea Bara calls it the Mullit box thats it's Name

marco

 

Hi marco

Any news on the 2wd sequential you spoke about earlier in the year?

 

don't go anywhere near a quaife unless you fancy spending your evenings playing "pick the broken teethout of my gearbox oil"

Bara Box all the way mate, no messing. And do a hydraulic clutch conversion while you are there as well.

 

Cheers lads. Barra box is the one to get so. I'll prob wait till the standard box calfs first.

 

what about fixit??

 

i've been doing that, standard box is still going strong though! the mullit box is at work waiting to go in..........

 

i'm going to go against the grain and use a std skyline box!

 

does any one know how much it is to put in a skyline box?

 

think martoon charges near 10k ish to do it .

 

Why destroy a good gearbox when you could swap it now and sell it for £300-350? ... Sorry don't get that logic at all

 

What sort of modifications are there to get a std skyline box in?

 

I don't think the standard box would fit? reason the os giken one fits is it has a removable bell housing and reyland made his own.. the standard box hasn't. If my memories are correct..

 

Loyd had a standard skyline box in his car i think that had a cosworth bell housing welded on, i dont see why you couldnt use an adaptor plate either. When i measured one up i think the gearstick would sit back around 4" from standard. Would also need a custom front and rear prop and a skyline clutch.

 

i've been a bit to busy & a bit to lazy to change it..........

i'm imprseed the standard box is still going, its had plenty of abuse & quite a few launches

 

for the skyline box - there is minimal tunnel mods that need to be made.

mainly due to the size of the transfer box, Martoon has belhousing mods that pretty much allow it to fit up with not alot of agro.

Barra box is what id buy, for the money its possibly a good route to take, but is restricted on the size of what can fit inside the gearbox casing.

same issues will occur with the fixit, but downside with fixit is it can take anything up to a year to get it fixed if anything breakes on it - the back up support is purely shocking!!

 

Are they straight cut gears ? What about the noise ?

 

Both the Fixit and Barra box's are straight cut.

and being straight cut you have to allow for a bit of extra noise over standard, and from experience the Fixit is slightly quieter than the Barra.

 

I suppose to, but my interest was in what you call "a bit of extra noise"

 

Pinched from Dave Moss.

but this is the sound of a Barra Box.

 

Fixit are not straight, they use 20 degree angel. Talked to them on freday, maybe buying one kit

http://fixittransmission.com/pages.a...D=1&showpage=1

 

my error then, i was led to believe they were straight cut, or as good as.

but that would give the reason why they are quieter

 

I dont know about barra,but fixit isnt straight cut.I think it is abot 10-15deg cut and sync gears,i wouldnt go whit a straight cut dogbox or anything if u are going to use the car on the road...the noise is terrible.
Try to call Oppliger motorsport they have grearboxes.

 

20 degree cut

 

im buying a bara box for mine..love the sound

 

What price is it on this bara box ?

 

Where can i buy this Bara box, is it complete or only kit? Is Reyland strong kit the same?

 

the Reyland kit is the Barra Box

 

sound very nice

 

I would love a Mullit box just for the sound

 

Mark, buy one mate

youve upped your power, so you may aswell sort out any box issues now!!

 

I think "her in doors" would cut my balls off Kelv

 

Matts mullit box is up for grabs.

 

Skyline 6 speed box conversion of Martin ?