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| posted on April 4th, 2006 at 12:44 AM |
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Apart from a G50 gear box , whats the best vw box
Looking on line is the USA Rancho boxes whats the best vw based gear box made by these people with super diff .
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| posted on April 4th, 2006 at 07:13 AM |
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posted by seagull
Looking on line is the USA Rancho boxes whats the best vw based gear box made by these people with super diff .
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If you want The Best, you really need to talk to them directly. You've gone beyond the "package" deal at that point. They can build just about
anything you want, but it will cost you!
George
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| posted on April 4th, 2006 at 02:41 PM |
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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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| posted on April 4th, 2006 at 09:18 PM |
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street vw
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
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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
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| posted on April 4th, 2006 at 09:32 PM |
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Baker Engineering in Melbourne , they do heaps of offroad stuff
using Kombi boxes.
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| posted on April 4th, 2006 at 09:40 PM |
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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 ?
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| posted on April 4th, 2006 at 09:44 PM |
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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.
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| posted on April 4th, 2006 at 09:46 PM |
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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
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| posted on April 4th, 2006 at 11:12 PM |
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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
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agreed, sounds like ya need more power hehehe
76 baywindow kombi - V8 & Weddle racing diff and gearbox
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| posted on April 5th, 2006 at 01:10 AM |
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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?
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| posted on April 5th, 2006 at 08:39 AM |
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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.
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| posted on April 5th, 2006 at 09:42 PM |
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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....
Reub
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| posted on April 5th, 2006 at 10:44 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by choppa
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?
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Which Beetle???!
My Hillclimb beetle gearbox: Rhino case, HD side plates, Quaife diff, Albins gears. Built by John Spinks.
Cheers
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| posted on April 5th, 2006 at 10:46 PM |
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Baker Engineering in Melbourne, they do heaps of offroad stuff
using Kombi boxes.
BULLETPROOF
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Ooops they also build BULLETPROOF T1 boxes as well. Greg Ward is currently running one built by them.
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| posted on April 5th, 2006 at 10:52 PM |
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Clutches are also astronimical in cost compared to a performance vw clutch.
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Hi
Im using a 200 mm Beetle flywheel with mine, I have a stage 1V Kennedy pressure plate, so its not expensive that way.
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| posted on April 6th, 2006 at 02:34 PM |
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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
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| posted on April 6th, 2006 at 08:13 PM |
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Yep , 1800 bus box. I will u2u their details
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| posted on April 6th, 2006 at 08:38 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by reub-revhead
Clutches are also astronimical in cost compared to a performance vw clutch.
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Hi
Im using a 200 mm Beetle flywheel with mine, I have a stage 1V Kennedy pressure plate, so its not expensive that way.
Steve
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Good idea...I just ordered a 'budget' clutch for the bug today...a 6 puck custom for $450.
Here is a quick plug for http://Performance9.com.au Stan and the guys are more than
helpful. If anyone goes Porsche they're the guys to talk with.
They also pointed out to me that the gearbox bell housing had been cut down on mine unlike yours...hence I had the clutch problems....live and learn I
guess when you buy someone elses projects.
[ Edited on 6-4-2006 by reub-revhead ]
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| posted on April 6th, 2006 at 09:56 PM |
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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
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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
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There was no mention of spline type as they previously supplied a 930 turbo clutch plate and the new one will have the same spline and offset as the
original clutch that was in the car. Stan runs the same one in his 993 porsche gt2 replica that has over 500hp so it should be ok. He's even going to
give me some money back on the clutch supplied to me upon it's return. We found out the offset of the splined component of the clutch was only
incorrect for mine as the gearboc was shortened.
Bill from Unicap is also a great source of information and is happy to share it.
Reub
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| posted on April 6th, 2006 at 10:44 PM |
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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
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| posted on April 6th, 2006 at 10:47 PM |
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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.
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Got it from performance 9. My mate Ian in cairns has a 4 puck in his bug. It wasn't too bad as a passenger. I'd suggest my 6 puck with the heavier
pressure plate will be much the same, not so good in traffic....
PS...sorry seagull, don't mean to post too much in your thread...
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| posted on April 7th, 2006 at 01:56 AM |
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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 .
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| posted on April 7th, 2006 at 10:13 PM |
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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 .
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I'll be sure to take a pic of the clutch setup I install then and report on its performance.
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