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Old May 24, 2010 | 05:48 PM
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This is what you need why on earth didnt i think of this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/escort-rs-turb...#ht_500wt_1182
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Old May 24, 2010 | 07:35 PM
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if only it was that easy
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PMSL! FAIL!!! Why have none of us thought of this before???
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Old May 24, 2010 | 07:45 PM
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PMSL! FAIL!!! Why have none of us thought of this before???
karlos just wack your diff in and bobs your uncle and fannys your aunt lol
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Old May 24, 2010 | 08:18 PM
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is there any benefits at all to a deisel box? was wondering as mk3 lsd boxes are thin on the ground and the fancy ones are quite expensive
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Old May 24, 2010 | 08:28 PM
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quality........
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Old May 24, 2010 | 11:13 PM
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hmmm. i've done the diesel box with a series 2 diff, didn't last six months on my zvh, even with a rebuild before hand.
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Old May 24, 2010 | 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by dangerousbrian
is there any benefits at all to a deisel box? was wondering as mk3 lsd boxes are thin on the ground and the fancy ones are quite expensive
they have taller gear ratios if i remember correctly still made of chocolate tho
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Old May 25, 2010 | 04:58 AM
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well i'll pay 99p for it so i can kill it lol
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Old May 25, 2010 | 07:03 PM
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il put Ł100 on that some one will see that an think wow thats cheap am going to buy it for my big power rst
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Old May 25, 2010 | 08:12 PM
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everyones gotta abuse that bloke with messages!
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not good, these cts boxes seem to be failing quite often, getting worried about mine now
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Yep they sure do. Mine has gone again now and dont really want to pay nearly 3k Ive been quoted for an mtx conversion.
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Originally Posted by jaiscossie
Yep they sure do. Mine has gone again now and dont really want to pay nearly 3k Ive been quoted for an mtx conversion.
what box does NMS us in there big power RST's? iir someone on here was building new gears ect for the BC box?
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Trouble is mine being a 2.1 produces a fair amount of torque.around 330lbs and think thats half the problem. Now iirc the big power nms car and even stuart collins one are still on a 1.6 so they can get away with a cts stage 2 or 2+ and most of the time they seem ok.
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Old May 27, 2010 | 12:36 PM
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scs do a big bearing gearbox irr jimbo uses it in his escort? ian howell?
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Old May 27, 2010 | 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by andy130
scs do a big bearing gearbox irr jimbo uses it in his escort? ian howell?
The Fiesta ST uses an IB5 with a bigger 62mm mainshaft bearing as opposed to the 55mm in other IB5's. Saying that just done a ST box with a broken mainshaft so bearings not the only problems out there.
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jamsport do a big bearing box for a fraction of the cost of cts ones and nms do there own spec boxes

the nms cars are 350+bhp and they are fine
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