2WD BOX??
10-09-2007, 03:44 PM
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2WD BOX??
Folks, what's the max you'd say a standard 2wd box can take power/torque wise?
My nephew is looking into a 3dr and want's to know, i was unsure
so i need your knowledge... 
My nephew is looking into a 3dr and want's to know, i was unsure
so i need your knowledge...
Really??
10-09-2007, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by abdr500
i can say that at 500 bhp it wount live very long i have a littelk over 500 bhp and i have been through 3 gearboxes now
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10-09-2007, 04:23 PM
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Fagin ran his 500bhp RS500 with a standard box for ages and it didnt let do.......................
Until the new owner launched it at the pod
Like i said, it all depends on how you drive, if you are someone who hammers the fuck out of it in 1st it wont last long at all
Until the new owner launched it at the pod
Like i said, it all depends on how you drive, if you are someone who hammers the fuck out of it in 1st it wont last long at all
10-09-2007, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Tiff
Originally Posted by staffi
Is torque that kills boxes, or bhp??
Well we should of killed more than we have then Tiff..
10-09-2007, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim Green
Foook....500bhp.
Even Quaife only rated their gear kit at 420lbs of torque and suggested not launching it too often !!!!!
Even Quaife only rated their gear kit at 420lbs of torque and suggested not launching it too often !!!!!
think i'm on the limit just then.. 
10-09-2007, 04:34 PM
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Yep....When I called them when I was planning the gear kit, I asked them what power it was safe to run, and they seemed very reluctant to give me any figures at all !!!!! You will also not be able to find any information on their web site, suggesting what power it's good for.
After lots of chatting, one of their sales guys said it was safe for 420lbs of torque......Not sure if that's a cautious figure and may take alot more, but trying to get that figure out of them took about three phone calls.
On reflection, given the chance again, I'd have just fitted a T56 box from the Mustang (Six Speed, Ratios all the same up to 5th gear, and 6th gear is purely an overdrive). Supposedly lots stronger than the T5. And lets face it, if the Dodge Viper RT10 uses it, with the torque that produces, it's got to be pretty good.
After lots of chatting, one of their sales guys said it was safe for 420lbs of torque......Not sure if that's a cautious figure and may take alot more, but trying to get that figure out of them took about three phone calls.
On reflection, given the chance again, I'd have just fitted a T56 box from the Mustang (Six Speed, Ratios all the same up to 5th gear, and 6th gear is purely an overdrive). Supposedly lots stronger than the T5. And lets face it, if the Dodge Viper RT10 uses it, with the torque that produces, it's got to be pretty good.
10-09-2007, 07:46 PM
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hi pete
too be perectly honest with you , when my car was a genuine 350bhp /352ftlbs the box lasted for yrs took loads of abuse from me
it was only when i went for the harvy gibbs 400bhp conversion that it killed the box after about 3months of abuse
350 driven hard all day long
too be perectly honest with you , when my car was a genuine 350bhp /352ftlbs the box lasted for yrs took loads of abuse from me
it was only when i went for the harvy gibbs 400bhp conversion that it killed the box after about 3months of abuse
350 driven hard all day long
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