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Title: Gearbox question
Post by: samotorsport on July 31, 2020, 19:19:15 pm
So i ve got a question concerning your gearboxes . Those who are driving the car on both , street and track
Without any locked diff i loose a lot on the strip , on the other hand , with a 100 % locked one , driving around corners on the street isn t fun either.
Did you install a lsd ? Limited slip ? If so , what kind / brand n setting do you run ?
Best regards
Sam


Title: Re: Gearbox question
Post by: richie on July 31, 2020, 20:04:57 pm
I have a car with a quaife, one with spool[turbo car] and open with open diff[turbo car], all street drien and to be honest the spool drives pretty much like the quaife does when you are driving hard but quaife is much easier when driving slow/parking or pushing it!!! The open diff car just spins one tyre a lot :o ;) but is much better on roundabouts and general tight manoeuvring but it is a 1303 :D


Title: Re: Gearbox question
Post by: Eddie DVK on August 02, 2020, 09:32:56 am
A small side step,
Richie do you know where I can buy a good gearbox (or builder in Europe) good voor 200BHP.
I find it very difficult to find one. (with a website??)

Thanks in regrds
Eddie


Title: Re: Gearbox question
Post by: Jimbosmith on August 02, 2020, 09:44:12 am
A small side step,
Richie do you know where I can buy a good gearbox (or builder in Europe) good voor 200BHP.
I find it very difficult to find one. (with a website??)

Thanks in regrds
Eddie

Message John Walklett, i have had a box built by him. Highly recommend him, very helpful and will build to any spec i believe.

https://www.facebook.com/vwgearbox/


Title: Re: Gearbox question
Post by: samotorsport on August 02, 2020, 09:51:30 am
Thanks a lot , so i guess , for a street driven car with power and occasional use on the drag strip , a LSD would be best option .
I still have a “AB” laying around , which could be used as a starting point .
But i hqbe to check the ratios , guess it is to weak for a 150 hp engine.


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Title: Re: Gearbox question
Post by: Eddie DVK on August 02, 2020, 18:18:13 pm
A small side step,
Richie do you know where I can buy a good gearbox (or builder in Europe) good voor 200BHP.
I find it very difficult to find one. (with a website??)

Thanks in regrds
Eddie

Message John Walklett, i have had a box built by him. Highly recommend him, very helpful and will build to any spec i believe.

https://www.facebook.com/vwgearbox/

Thanks will have a look.

eddie


Title: Re: Gearbox question
Post by: bean on August 02, 2020, 18:46:02 pm
only dealt with John Walklet once (few years ago now) - super helpful guy who diagnosed the most likely vause of my gearboxs issue over the phone and was spot on with his diagnosis to boot


Title: Re: Gearbox question
Post by: Neil Davies on September 30, 2020, 18:22:19 pm
A small side step,
Richie do you know where I can buy a good gearbox (or builder in Europe) good voor 200BHP.
I find it very difficult to find one. (with a website??)

Thanks in regrds
Eddie

Hi Eddie,
I know I'm late (almost two months after your question!) but Peter Englezos at Cogbox built my gearbox in my race car, and if I was having another one done, I'd use him again.