what gearboxin the 4.2 ajp

[cupra20v.t]

Im looking into costs of rebuilding my current box as 2nd gear is annoyuing me with the crunch but rebuild kits and labour costs are quite expensive, where as some boxes on ebay are going from £100 to £400. they are lsiting them as t5 borg warner sierra cosworth 2wd boxes.

I know the cerb has a cosworth t5 box but did ford differ the t5 design on the sierra's back in the day?

what year of sierra do i need the box from, are there any particular part numbers to match. will nay T5 fit or do they need modyfying even when you match the correct boxes (ie doe mount need to be switched etc.

Any help is appreciated as i want to start getting all the parts ready for winter tinkering. thanks in advance

[touching cloth]

At least 2 types I think, with different locations for the gear selector thingamy which is of course going to be rather crucual - one type has it at the end



the other, closer to the middle



Tvr ones being the latter I think.

[Dirty Boy]

I'm Mr Non-Technical

But i've seen this site and it has TVR on there, maybe they can advise with a quick call?
http://www.gearboxman.co.uk/infot5.html

[Nickccc]

It't the first one with the stick at the back, ring the above link thegearboxman,that's where I got my quaife internals from.

[cupra20v.t]

just spoke to a chap from gearbox man and he says the box would be the one with the gear stick slightly further forward from the back of the box. t5 248 apparently

very tidy prices aswell.

Rebuild with a new rebuild kit, synchros, bearings etc 310+vat

rebuild kit on its own 185+vat.

[itsallyellow]

As nick says the one with the selector at the back is the correct box.

Mike

[cupra20v.t]

oh, gearbox man said it was the other.

[Nickccc]

cupra20v.t said:

just spoke to a chap from gearbox man and he says the box would be the one with the gear stick slightly further forward from the back of the box. t5 248 apparently

very tidy prices aswell.

Rebuild with a new rebuild kit, synchros, bearings etc 310+vat

rebuild kit on its own 185+vat.

It's your gearbox, though when mine failed I had the upgraded Quaife kit put in there.
There are a lot of mods done, also two ratio sets. I now have the close ratio's in mine, it's the best performance upgrade you can do.
Yeah you loose a bit of top end speed, but 167 must be enough for 99.9% of the time, if you realy must.

Personaly it's the 0-100 range you'll be using mostly, and beleive me it accelerates like crazy if you give it some.
0-100 in 8.6 is still fairly rapid, unless you spend silly money or go lightweight.

http://www.gearboxman.co.uk/psgearkits.html
You'll have seen this allready, the first on is what I went for.

check the picture on their site, that's got the stick at the back.

Edited by Nickccc on Thursday 30th October 12:59

[TT Tim]

Nickccc said:

cupra20v.t said:

just spoke to a chap from gearbox man and he says the box would be the one with the gear stick slightly further forward from the back of the box. t5 248 apparently

very tidy prices aswell.

Rebuild with a new rebuild kit, synchros, bearings etc 310+vat

rebuild kit on its own 185+vat.

It's your gearbox, though when mine failed I had the upgraded Quaife kit put in there.
There are a lot of mods done, also two ratio sets. I now have the close ratio's in mine, it's the best performance upgrade you can do.
Yeah you loose a bit of top end speed, but 167 must be enough for 99.9% of the time, if you realy must.

Personaly it's the 0-100 range you'll be using mostly, and beleive me it accelerates like crazy if you give it some.
0-100 in 8.6 is still fairly rapid, unless you spend silly money or go lightweight.

http://www.gearboxman.co.uk/psgearkits.html
You'll have seen this allready, the first on is what I went for.

check the picture on their site, that's got the stick at the back.

Edited by Nickccc on Thursday 30th October 12:59

This sound like exactly what I'm after Nick - can i ask how much and details of ratios?

Tim

[Nickccc]

Kit features
Heavy duty semi-helical design
Synchromesh engagement
Constructed from EN36 (9310) heat-treated steel
Wide or close ratio
Supplied with new steel front cover (casing has to be enlarged to fit "great big gears" through!)
Supplied with new heavy duty one-piece operating block
Optional uprated selector forks
5th gear runs on needle rollers
In stock NOW!
Wide ratio kit gearing:
1st: 2.915:1
2nd: 1.932:1
3rd: 1.323:1
4th: 1:1
5th: 0.8:1

Close ratio kit gearing:
1st: 2.527:1
2nd: 1.675:1
3rd: 1.259:1
4th: 1:1
5th: 0.87:1

From gearbox man site,
If you get your box to them I think it was about £1300 all in.