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[Mike (Cliffie)]

Needed to come out to get the box rebuilt which is all done now (£624 plus VAT later).

Ouch. Has it got different custom gears/final drive now to justify that cost?

Nope, but it did need new 3/4/5 gears plus selector fork, plus syncro plus bearings..

[techieboy]

Holy shoite! You did that properly. Did you manage to track down one of the mythical all metal selector forks, or have to go with the original plastic ended one?

[Mike (Cliffie)]

Plastic ended one, the all metal ones are all buried with the Holy Grail in a vault in Atlantis.

[techieboy]

[Mangham54]

Plastic ended one, the all metal ones are all buried with the Holy Grail in a vault in Atlantis.

You mean sat on that top shelf in TMS' techological development centre, alongside the £200 manifolds.


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[Sticky]

Plastic ended one, the all metal ones are all buried with the Holy Grail in a vault in Atlantis.

You mean sat on that top shelf in TMS' techological development centre, alongside the £200 manifolds.


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I thought Nev had some made?

[siztenboots]

Tom made some for Pete vxr29

[hughcam]

Couldn't you get a low mileage box from a scrappy for a couple of hundred?

[Mike (Cliffie)]

Couldn't you get a low mileage box from a scrappy for a couple of hundred?

Not that would have the LSD or one I could trust not to let me ddown.

[SteveA]

In my experience rebuit boxes tend to fail much more often than low mileage 'un-cracked' boxes. An LSD swap would be £50 - £100 tops if the box was already out.

[Nev]

In my experience rebuit boxes tend to fail much more often than low mileage 'un-cracked' boxes. An LSD swap would be £50 - £100 tops if the box was already out.

I have to admit I've heard of a few rebuild F23 gearboxes (on VXTs admitedly) that didn't work all too well after, though hopefully yours will be fine Mike. I think a lot of it must be down to the experience of whoever does the work.

[GeorgeBC]

(£624 plus VAT later).

Ouch! Nice to have such a big clean space to work in.

[Mike (Cliffie)]

(£624 plus VAT later).

Ouch! Nice to have such a big clean space to work in.

Massive improvement from lying on my back in two foot of snow when it is minus 12 outside the garage.

[Mike (Cliffie)]

In my experience rebuit boxes tend to fail much more often than low mileage 'un-cracked' boxes. An LSD swap would be £50 - £100 tops if the box was already out.

I have to admit I've heard of a few rebuild F23 gearboxes (on VXTs admitedly) that didn't work all too well after, though hopefully yours will be fine Mike. I think a lot of it must be down to the experience of whoever does the work.

I pray I get what I paid for.

[Mike (Cliffie)]

Some sexy bits to fit.

[siztenboots]

mucho jealouso

[TazN]

That one of there new wishbones? I see your selling your super pro's what will you be running instead?

[Mike (Cliffie)]

That one of there new wishbones? I see your selling your super pro's what will you be running instead?

That is a standard wishbone blasted and zylan coated.

For this year I will be running these: http://www.elisepart...ishbone-bushes/

[fezzasus]

Mike, how do the EP four pot calipers compare to the AP offerings? It's a good £100 more, has EP offered a reason behind this?

[VXT Tim]

I want those uprights. I might buy 1 a year.