Gearbox for 2.1 Zetec Turbo
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Gearbox for 2.1 Zetec Turbo
I am currently restoring an RS turbo S2, I am going to put a 2.1 Zetec Turbo engine in which will give about 250 bhp. The engine and gearbox configuration will remain transverse. Can anyone suggest which gearbox would be suitable I want one with an LSD in it.
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standard rst one will bolt to a zetec no probs just put a uprated clutch in it.
Not sur how long it will last depends on how you drive it. You can put an ib5 box in it(with a bit of work) which is a bit stronger than the rst bc one and you can put a rst lsd in it. Or for loads of work put a mt75 box in.
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Not sur how long it will last depends on how you drive it. You can put an ib5 box in it(with a bit of work) which is a bit stronger than the rst bc one and you can put a rst lsd in it. Or for loads of work put a mt75 box in.
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IB5 and BC boxes are the same, only starter location is different... I don't see why it should be any stronger.
If you go for RST BC box, you'll have to use CVH EFI flywheel with enlarged bolt holes or 1.8/1.6 zetec flywheel as the 2.0 mondeo one will not fit.
If you go for RST BC box, you'll have to use CVH EFI flywheel with enlarged bolt holes or 1.8/1.6 zetec flywheel as the 2.0 mondeo one will not fit.
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i didnt mean the one on the rs2000 the one of the focus cant remember without looking but in performance ford recently some guy hamered an mtx in a series one with over 300bhp and couldn't brake it and that didnt even have a wuaife diff in so they are very strong!!
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So you say focus MTX difers from escort MTX (that was in XR3 and RS2000)?
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mtx is the only way forward,or 6 speed st170 box,had my mtx,with quaife atb in for approx 2500mls and beleive me it aint had an easy life,i put a standard mtx in as a test subject to start with,thats as they come no mods whatsoever,i abused it for over 1000mls and try i may,i could not brake it,good goin considering i had done 9 ib5 boxes in under 10 months.
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Now question to Wul what car did you take your MTX off that worked for you? as you see some say that focus ones are different from escort ones.
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Good info... you shouldn't believe everything you read on the net. As the fact that IB5 and BC are the seme I read there. Anyway reading what Wul Young says that doesn't help the IB5 to be stronger.
Now question to Wul what car did you take your MTX off that worked for you? as you see some say that focus ones are different from escort ones.
Now question to Wul what car did you take your MTX off that worked for you? as you see some say that focus ones are different from escort ones.
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