Looking on line is the USA Rancho boxes whats the best vw based gear box made by these people with super diff .

What are you thinking of running this transaxle in.....
One of the biggest world gear manufactures for VW transaxles are here in Australia “Albins”. And there are many people in Australia that build better boxes then the one you are talking about. If you are talking of putting a transaxle into a buggy or something like that, your money these days is better spend on another type of transaxle like the Renault Un 4 and 5 or something really good like a complete Albins trans, a Mendeola trans or even one of the best international racing transaxles made right here in WA, a Graydon trans. If you are still wanting a kombi box, give me a call Neal and I’ll put you on to the guy that does all the race boxes transaxles here in WA

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Graydon went down the tube I was told and not making them any more , any way would I spend $40000.00 on a gear box ! umm let me think >>>>>>>>>>>>> no !

I now Country is doing lots of boxes

but I was looking at the usa manual box from Rancho or tansform some of these are around US $800.00 + housing

I be putting a 200hp wrx motor be hind it .The un5 needs gear changes as there too tall , this is bucks the last gear set max purchased was $3000.00 and the renault turbo donk would of killed it .

I give mark a call and see what he purchased from transform

Then again Jak is having a good run from his L box

Baker Engineering in Melbourne, they do heaps of offroad stuff using Kombi boxes.

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US box for me , due to cost down here

+ what are you doing down here Craig coming into the dark side are we ?

MIne is holding up suprisingly well considering I am thrashing the shit out it every day...grabbing second and depending on the type of shift, can smoke it for as long as I like. Can you believe the stock cv's are still holding even when one has come 70%undone twice(finally got the star washers).

Craig...you probably know more of what is exactly in it as Spinks built it for Tony.

Matt

Hey seagul, did you say the un5 box is too tall...when you have 250 odd hp at the wheels and a flat torque curve, there is no such thing as too tall.

Matt

Im keen on the bus box as well.
But are they actually stronger than the T1 box.
The very low ratio diff may be, but 1st gear ?
Can you get decent highway gears for em.
Length is an issue as well when your runnin a subaru engine.
I think I read u were runnin a bus box in your beetle Craig.
Whats in that?

Hi

My built-up Type 1 box was worth about $5000. It had 4 Albins gears, Quaife LSD and was built on a 76 low mileage box.

Kombi boxes are OK for off road, but when you change the ratios for a street box you end up with very weak teeth cross sections on the gears, not to mention the gear selector problems these conversions have.

I’m fitting a G50 now which cost $5000, fitting one is not for the feint hearted.

Boof, keep those Beetle CVs, they will act as fuse.

Steve

also....if you go porsche be prepared for expensive parts....like I just paid $50 for a shifter bush.

Clutches are also astronimical in cost compared to a performance vw clutch.

I'm kind of lucky that my bug initially came with a G50, 930 CV's and romac billet axles as it's not a cheap excercise at all....

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Originally posted by Craig Torrens Baker Engineering in Melbourne, they do heaps of offroad stuff using Kombi boxes. BULLETPROOF

CraigT.

Did I read u were running a detroit locker in one of yours.
Thats the beetle I am refering too.
I imagined this was a bus box?
I would be intersted to speak to this Baker crowd if they can build a tough T1 box for reasonable money.
Might be a better way than an imported box.

Choppa

Yep , 1800 bus box. I will u2u their details

Hi Reub

Thats who I bought my G50 from, good people.

I had a long talk to the guy that did my adaptor (Unicap) about clucthes, he is not keen on the Porsche cluthes at all, so I going 200 1V Kenedy, not sure about the driven plate yet and a Saab hydrualic release bearing. Im getting an alloy ring made up, to bolt to my flywheel which will support the Porsche starter ring gear in the correct postion for my auto VW starter.

When you ordered your 6 puck custom, was there any mention of the spline type?

Steve

Hi

Im curious to see how the puck clutch behaves on the street, where did you get it from? Bill at Unicap likes a chat, lucky for me its almost a local call.

Steve

Hey ! no problems with me lads .

I half way through my custom fly wheels now .So this is good reading for the clutch set up your playing with .