What gearbox can I fit in my mk6 escort 1800 zetec? Gearbox broke last night

 

pop over to www.fordescortclub.co.uk

they will be able to help you out

 

Does no-one know what other boxes I can put in this?

 

if you want a stronger box you can fit an MTX75 from the rs2000 however you will need

subframe
drive shafts
hubs
gear linkage
and of course the gear box

 

Yes, because you cant own an Escort on this site.

 

sorry for replying to your thread, i could quitre of easily said a "mk6 escort gearbox" but i didnt

 

A box from any MK6 1.6/1.8 will do you matey. There is some minor ratio variation, but nothing hugely noticeable. Your car should have a rear started, so best to get a box from a 1996 car onwards.

One thing I'd quite like to try is fitting the internals from a 1.7 Puma box into an Escort. Short gearing might make it quite nippy low down!

 

I've got one, 35k miles on it. Ł30.

You want an IB5. MTX75 is an awful gearbox...

 

ave got one out of a t plate escort,

 

why is it an awful box?
its miles stronger than an ib5

 

The iB5 is a VERY strong box, been used plenty of times in ZT applications effectively. I don't know how much stronger the MTX is, if at all, but as far as I'm aware we are talking about a standard car here anyway and the MTX is the sloppiest, crappiest gearbox I've ever used and the IB5 is as tight as a drum, million times better changes and much quicker and snappier and is the correct gearbox for the car, so a straight swap anyway.

 

Wullie and mike both pm'd lads

 

Sorry, what?

If it's so strong, why are so many ZT guys moving to MTX boxes now? Nothing to do with them mashing normal boxes then?

How many boxes did Christian Major's car go through over the years? 17? That included some fancy CTS ones.

The IB5 has a nicer shift, but it's a pansy little thing for turbo use.

 

pm replied fogul

 

It's Alryt lads calm down should of said its pushing 160bhp so not standard think I'm gonna go for an ib5 tho as its just so much easier no pussing about with subframes or shit need it done quick aswell as its my daily

 

my old mk6 escort had a 2.0l zetec on throttle bodies fitted.

was circa 180bhp and i broke the ib5, so stuck in another off a 50k miler...

less than 2 weeks later:














it was only the diff that failed, so it might pay to slot in an uprated diff and keep the ib5

never used an mtx so can comment on those, but people do use the TD boxes as they are supposed to be strong.

 

Plenty of them running IRO of 300bhp with no issues. Anything beyond that I don't know (although a certain someone long since banned from this site and certainly the most knowledgeable Zetec Turbo person I know of used an IB5 on his 450bhp ZT Escort and insisted that it was stronger than an IB5, but he had uprated two parts of it, but would never disclose what) , but I'd look at other options as the MTX is a joke to use. I'd hate to drive a properly powerful car with an MTX box.

In a modestly-powered car the IB5 can take plenty of abuse.