HOW MUCH POWER CAN A TYPE 3 GEARBOX HANDLE?
Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 7:45 am
Ok Gentlemen, I?ve had conflicting advice from some eminent gearbox reconditioning firms and so I need a straw poll from the streets ?i.e. your opinion.
I?m putting a 157Bhp highly tuned (and peaky) 1700 Crossflow into a 550Kg Caterham-alike kitcar. I ran a Type 3 box (from a Cortina MkII 1600 GT so it has nice close ratios) with a 110-120 Bhp Xflow no problem, but will it last under the power of the new engine?
The box is as shown on this page:
http://www.zetecinside.com/xr2/gearbox.htm
2 of the gearbox firms reckon the box it will only handle 140-150Bhp tops.
A 3rd firm reckons it should be OK up to 160-170 Bhp.
What do you reckon, and what power have you put through a Type 3 box?
I?m putting a 157Bhp highly tuned (and peaky) 1700 Crossflow into a 550Kg Caterham-alike kitcar. I ran a Type 3 box (from a Cortina MkII 1600 GT so it has nice close ratios) with a 110-120 Bhp Xflow no problem, but will it last under the power of the new engine?
The box is as shown on this page:
http://www.zetecinside.com/xr2/gearbox.htm
2 of the gearbox firms reckon the box it will only handle 140-150Bhp tops.
A 3rd firm reckons it should be OK up to 160-170 Bhp.
What do you reckon, and what power have you put through a Type 3 box?