wenny rang earlyer

The transmition let go on the mk3 o the third run after getting a 10.6 & a 10.5

He said the third launch was the best he has done but lost drive as he changed to third

 

dam box, but great times whos all up there mate?

 

Gutted, BUT also fantastice times, well done Wenny......

 

Bet the mainshaft has snapped? Shame as the times are awesome!

 

and how much did he pay for a "propper" box.....????

 

I would bet that it is the mainshaft that has snapped, not much you can do about that really but it is a cheap fix if it is that, just rob a mainshaft off any cossie compatable MT75 and its about an hour to swap them...

The big problem with any MT75 derived upgrade is that you are limited on the physical size of components by the original casings, hence why the mainshafts are the weak point now on the Bara/fixit/dome gearboxes.

 

by the sounds of it .......it could well be the mainshaft as 3rd gear would take it out no problem as thats where the flex on the mainshafts is at it's highest

he has give that box death it has lasted well


marco

 

At least it's a dead easy fix Marco if it is the mainshaft ... Just shows how strong the gearkits are if it has snapped! Seen 2 like this now.

 

if it is the mainshaft..... .he would be better off in getting a mainshaft out of the mt75 2.0litre double overhead cam thoses gearboxes haven't seen abuse lol

marco

 

i've got a couple of spare "knackered" box's........i'm close to him aswell

 

we will be swaping to the bara box that came out of it the start of the year. This one was the new one that i picked up last year from ford fairfair

So its not done a lot. The one thats going im is the one with lots of abuse under its beltbelt

It will be running at york next sunday

 

Not nice to hear. Sounds like it was performing well again though prior to the failure.

 

blacky whos going to york with you

 

im sure bara will tell you whats wrong with it ............

had he got drive in any gears ? ............

if he hasn't then it's defo mainshaft which is standard part anyway


marco

 

younge im not going next week as its michelles birthday

Most of the lads will be going though

Marco
He said he had a bit of drive to got off the strip then half way back it lost all drivedrive
He has checked all the shafts & props there all fine

 

maybe a diff then?

 

quick times shame about the box maybe time to get a reyland skyline box

 

When i spoke to him he said diff's shaft's & pros's all seam ok as dose the clutch action

 

Brilliant times just a shame about the box but atleast you have a spare so the car wont be out of action for long. I wonder what sort of times this car would run on a dog box, i know Kev dropped his times a bit when he went to an FFD.

 

Awesome times, bet he would have got lower times if it wasnt for the problems.

 

Gutted to here that. I thought it was nearly bomb proof by now. It will soon be fixed and running again.

 

now mate, was going to ring you yesterday to see what you thought but i think it is the main shaft aswell, put it into gear and you can still push car as if in nuetral, ill ring bara tomorrow and get it sent to him
is there any way of modding it, i got told to centre bore drill it and cyro dip it in nitrogeon for 24 hours

ashame aswell as i was after 10.2 or 10.3 this weekend and with the first 2 runs being 10.61 then 10.51, i still had the l/c to use and get into the groove after a few more runs