Hey peeps, i am about to have a new clutch in my series 2 which is pushing out 170bhp, is it worth me putting a diesel gearbox in, as my is old and done alot of miles, if so will the diesel fit straight in, cheers

 

Yes the diesel one will fit but it's a complete waste of time and money. Despit ethe common myth it is no stronger than the RS Turbo item and also has no LSD.

Leave it till it breaks then contact Bernie at CTS www.gearboxman.co.uk his boxes are very very good and fairly priced to boot

 

as above, i have heard the diesel box is not stronger, and the gear ratios are different as well so im told???

waste of time and money IMO.

 

No stronger, no lsd, longer ratios is it. Don't bother imo

 

Dont bother,been there,done that.Its pish!

 

well we did it to my mates because it only cost him 40 quid for the box and it was a quick and very cheap fix for the time being..........then we drove from notts to london to collect some wheels off ebay and to my amazment it pulled like a train !!!!! we was doing 90mph at 3000 revs!!!.............no lies if you have any questions i will be willing to ask him for you!!

i think its improvment on what he had! might not be the best fix but it was still a very good one

 

would'nt insult my car with one

 

Diesel box are no stronger but are a good conversion. pulls like a train slite modification (bit of grinding) needed but a cheap and fun conversion

 

Great conversion, no LSD so all the power goes up in tyre smoke .

My FRST has no LSD and it's a pig compared to my Escort that does. An ERST box is on the shopping list for it

 

DONT!! bother with the diesel box there no stronger and have no LSD my mate put one in his RS and he said he lost some top end speed aswell and wished he just spent the extra and got an rs box

 

90 at 3000 revs,,have you got the model number of the gear box???
i got a diesel box fitted on mine,well thats what they said they was putting in,, and i only do 70 at 3000 revs and i have 16inch cossy rims on

 

im sure ford put the rst gearbox with lsd in their for a reason! when my lsd got fooke the car was a pain to drive but with a new gearbox with a fully working lsd its brilliant, dont be a tite arse and dont take shortcuts complete waste of time. The diesel box is probably made to take low down torque so all this it pulls like a train is utter bollox

 

ive got a low milage s2 box to go in but my engines in a mk5 van so i need to change the caseing or get a mounting braket made
yes i get one wheel spinning all over the place in the wet and its hard to control so yes lsd is a must
ill check which gearbox i have in it later today but 70 at 3000 revs i think is carp