blown my gearbox

[Maldolittle]

had my 4.5 for 6 months now what a car! best ive ever driven.. gearbox was always a bit noisy although forth was awesome.. pulling away from round about doing roughly 60mph then bang lost 1st 2nd 3rd 5th reverse... crawled home using 4th only think i have burnt the clutch a bit ...
can anyone advise me as to best place for rebuild and the best upgrades to have?
...has anyone put a t5 cosworth in been looking at CTS in markyate there upgrades seemed to make sence
Thanks

[HarryW]

Not used them personally but I've heard mention of these before with regards to repairs or upgrades to the T5 www.gearboxman.co.uk/index.html

[hut49]

Talk to these guys too - huge experience and really helpful
www.hardyengineering.co.uk/

[teamHOLDENracing]

HarryW said:

Not used them personally but I've heard mention of these before with regards to repairs or upgrades to the T5 www.gearboxman.co.uk/index.html

I use Bernie at CTS for my T5 race gearboxes - he has been doing Tuscan racer T5 rebuilds for years. I have one of his big gear kits in my current box

[jensena]

Had my Gearbox re-built 4 weeks ago by Andy at APM -give him a ring, turned mine round in under 2 weeks.

[d_drinks]

Brian at TopCats Racing is rather handy when it comes to rebuilding boxes, a few years in the Tuscan Challenge series might have something to do with it

[Maldolittle]

cheers lads...... found out CTS and gearman same people.... not spoke to bernie yet so not sure prices... cosworth not same..... so goin to get them to rebuild ....

[Maldolittle]

teamHOLDENracing said:

HarryW said:

Not used them personally but I've heard mention of these before with regards to repairs or upgrades to the T5 www.gearboxman.co.uk/index.html

I use Bernie at CTS for my T5 race gearboxes - he has been doing Tuscan racer T5 rebuilds for years. I have one of his big gear kits in my current box

could you tell me what benefits a big gear kit will give me...... is it just lasts longer

[copilot]

Hope you get sorted. For anyone that's interested MAL at Trentside (Lincolnshire) is an awesome engineer. Has re-built many classic cars (including my Borg Warner box c/w an AP double racing clutch; which isn't the same as the Cosworth) and is widely respected throughout the classic car world. Mal's website is an interesting read, and even if you aren't in his locality, he is always willing to offer advice. www.trentsideclassics.co.uk/index.html

[Captain Beaky]

HarryW said:

Not used them personally but I've heard mention of these before with regards to repairs or upgrades to the T5 www.gearboxman.co.uk/index.html

My gearbox is with them now. For the second time in a few hundred miles...

[teamholdenracing]

Maldolittle said:

teamHOLDENracing said:

HarryW said:

Not used them personally but I've heard mention of these before with regards to repairs or upgrades to the T5 www.gearboxman.co.uk/index.html

I use Bernie at CTS for my T5 race gearboxes - he has been doing Tuscan racer T5 rebuilds for years. I have one of his big gear kits in my current box

could you tell me what benefits a big gear kit will give me...... is it just lasts longer

Firstly yes, Bernie, CTS, Gearboxman and Competition Transmission Services are one and the same

The big gear kit - basically the gears have fewer larger and therefore stronger teeth. In the Tuscan Challenge cars we tend to shred third gear in particular - the stronger the teeth the less likely a failure - the big gear kit can take a lot more torque

[HarryW]

teamholdenracing said:

Maldolittle said:

teamHOLDENracing said:

HarryW said:

Not used them personally but I've heard mention of these before with regards to repairs or upgrades to the T5 www.gearboxman.co.uk/index.html

I use Bernie at CTS for my T5 race gearboxes - he has been doing Tuscan racer T5 rebuilds for years. I have one of his big gear kits in my current box

could you tell me what benefits a big gear kit will give me...... is it just lasts longer

Firstly yes, Bernie, CTS, Gearboxman and Competition Transmission Services are one and the same

The big gear kit - basically the gears have fewer larger and therefore stronger teeth. In the Tuscan Challenge cars we tend to shred third gear in particular - the stronger the teeth the less likely a failure - the big gear kit can take a lot more torque

I'll bear that in mind for when the box goes boom