Has anyone fitted a tvr t5 gearbox to a 2wd cosworth? There supposed to be a lot stronger than the cosworth box, and pretty reasonable price. Been looking at doing the quaife big tooth conversion to my box but its expensive to do. Thanks

 

Yes Steve fitted one in my escort when I built it ,but had to replace the rear tail housing as gear lever in the wrong position

 

They are no stronger, basically the same box.

If your after an option as cheap as possible just get your current t5 rebuilt.

Cheers Paul

 

think they are stronger as made by tremec not Borg Warner also the tvr make more torque and power than a ybt I might be wrong no idea,but it was still no good on the high rpm gear change from 2nd to 3rd so had quaffe internals put in then never had a problem with the shifts

 

Spoke to cts today and they say there exactly the same. Ideally I would like to find a used t5 with a quaife big tooth kit in it allready, there very hard to find though. Bit of a stretch for me to find the money for a new one at the mo

 

How much is the quaife kit these days

 

Its Ł1945+vat fitted

 

Is that price plus synchros and bearings?

 

Sounds about right think mine was Ł1700 like 10 years ago

 

I just sold one for 1700

 

They're identical. Same gears, same syncros. No stronger.

 

Thats what I suspected, they don’t get abused like have you ever seen a tvr doing burnouts lol and the power delivery will be smooth.

 

exactly what I was thinking! I bet not many tvr’s have had a few 2nd gear clutch kicks 😂