What gearbox did they use for the RS500 touring cars , gartrac ?

 

best person to talk to is tony at touring car spares, he will know, might even have one?

http://www.touringcarspares.com/contact.php

very very nice guy and very helpful,

i'll call you tommorow mate about that roof

 

id think it was getrag ?

 

Getrag, same as i have in my Caltex car

 

paul how much did you pay for this box and what model is it. How is the fit ?

 

Hi Johnyjn,

i can't answer all your questions for you, i'm sure someone more in the know can.
But I hve the touring car version of the getrag box fitted to my sierra.

prices are like everything nowadays, if someone wants one they will pay whatever you want, if your selling its whatever you can get. There was a time when £4,000 plus was the norm, now i've seen them on ebay for anywhere between £500 and £1,500. The fit of the box is not to disimiler to a standard box, exept in lengh. Also there is a quick release end on my box for pulling the prop out quickly, but it may just be unique to mine as it is heinz 57 of mad bits. I cant say with absolute accuracy, but I think the gearing is longer on the touring car box than the grp a rally box. I know mine is. but again it could be just mine.
If you fit one you'll never go back to a t5 lol.

 

Any pics ? Many thanks

 

sorry, I havnt got any of the box out of the car. I'm sure there would pics on yhe net. The book "how to prepare the sierra for motorsport" has all the build specs for the getrags and lots of pics.

 

Hi Mate

When i bought the box it came complete with prop, gearstick , and mounting .

You will need the correct prop as the box is a lot longer and as Baz says they are quick release .

The mounting mine has ,has been made and bolts to the box and bolts through the floor of the car with polly bush mounts .

You MAY need a twin plate paddle clutch ( i did ) got it from Tony @ touring car spares ,

They are a superb box and will hold big BHP , they come as a rally box or Touring car spec so you need the correct one or the gears are all wrong , the BTCC box has much longer gears for top speeds as the rally box is built for of the line .

Prices , well you can pick up a bargain for £1500 or pay as much as 4k , depends if the seller knows what he has got

some also have a built in pump to run an oil cooler , these are worth a little more

 

Yes, mines bolted to the floor too with what loks like a purpose built mount. Thats handy to know that the oil cooler isnt on all of them. Mine has it on the back end of the box, it's like a sandwhich plate with the piping coming out. I have mine using a single plate ap plate, which hangs on well.

Sorry to go slightly OT, but if North york rss (paul)? needs any 7" twin plates for his getrag, I have two as new in boxes.

 

Any for sale ?????????????

 

shows that getrag are the one,touring car rs500,supra twin turbo,and the one ive got in my cossie out the jag

 

How much work was it col,any pics. Many thanks

 

pm me if you want to go down the jag getrag routeit uses standard clutch etc

 

Know somebody with an ex touring car box for sale,if any body interested

cheeRS stu

 

speak to aly above hes done loads and breaks jags so better chance of getting one from him,than searching the scrappies

il put a pic up though

 

Go on then

 

Tony pintoman had one with a cooler for sale,just phoned him and it was sold,

cheeRS stu

 

i know whos got it and if you talk to him nicely he may sell it to you

 

Hollinger 6 speed boxes were also used towards the end of the rs500's career in the BTCC, and we more commonly used in Austrailia.

 

Pm sent.Many thanks to all

 

 

sorry to hijack the thread but looking at your pic there tony i don't suppose you know anyone who can supply the chassis mounted engine mounts like you have do you? i have a price for some new ones at £340 for the pair is that about right?

 

Sounds about right with the fabricated chassis mounting brackets etc...

 

no that is just for the mounts

 

hmm thats interesting, in your photo you have a single peice bell housing, on mine ( you might just be able to see in the pic above) I have bell housing similer to the cossie one, but not quite, and a second ally tunnel. much the same as yours but cut. may be an earlier of even later version. my bell housing was cast with the lugs and plate for the hydraulic clutch she runs. strange. oh well.

 

how much ????

 

www, that's nice...shiney!

 

Just out of interest what numbers one the getrag box I have a couple was about to bin because I can't remember where they were from lol

 

They do still crop up If anyone is still looking.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sierra-coswort...item4a9e291bf4

 

Your still on the ball Baz

 

Finding the gearbox was just luck, the real work was finding this thread