How easy/$ effective is it to make a CR box ?

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:56 pm

Item number: 290093006035

Must be loads of them around why the reluctance for oily fingered ppl not to get the bits and play if the costs are not crazy ?

SP

woody · Post by **woody** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 12:05 am

I've taken a few gearboxes apart.....

and only re-build one. Couldn't be fecked with the rest.

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:05 am

Oily fingers at the ready... I just need to collect my old gearbox from Phoenix!

Hiscot is your man for gearbox type questions. Should not be too bad from what I read, but I'm unsure about the costs involved. Might need a few specialized tools and a load of spares.

My plan is to strip my old one down and assess how easy it will be to repair and then either strip and replace all the broken bits, changing ratios as I go or strip and section it for the cadets to play with. Depends on the level of apathy at the time really....

r10crw · Post by **r10crw** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:22 am

You see c/r boxes on ebay for less than 200 notes be easier to buy one of them.

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:34 am

Not as much fun....

Besides, I have a dead (ish) std S1 box (Once I fetch it!) to play with then it's a matter of finding the other ratios. Apparently I will need a montego box or something...

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:39 am

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:54 am

hiscot wrote: just been asking about rich and heres how to get a cheap cr lotus ratio box

get a g4bsv from a write off ( same 3/4/5/ diff as lotus c/r )

then get a 220 turbo box
or a cheap k7 montego box
and fit the lower 2.9 / 1.7 ratios from these boxs into the g4bsv
the 220 turbo also has a torsen diff

HTH
Rich

Post by **simon** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:00 pm

r10crw wrote:You see c/r boxes on ebay for less than 200 notes be easier to buy one of them.

Not very often though

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:03 pm

simon wrote:
r10crw wrote:You see c/r boxes on ebay for less than 200 notes be easier to buy one of them.
Not very often though

if you see one at that price, but it, and I'll give you £220

Post by **campbell** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:27 pm

Can we build a 6-spd box where 6th = std box 5th, and 3, 4, 5 = CR box ratios?

That's what I really want!

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:06 pm

campbell wrote:Can we build a 6-spd box where 6th = std box 5th, and 3, 4, 5 = CR box ratios?

That's what I really want!

i imagine that would complicate things with the linkage...

what with there being two cables and complicated pivots etc....

robin'll know.

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:33 pm

If you bin reverse that will give you a bit more space, but you will need to chop the case around a bit....

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:39 pm

RICHARDHUMBLE wrote:If you bin reverse that will give you a bit more space, but you will need to chop the case around a bit....

didn't think of that. i haven't got reverse anyway, so i'm well versed in pushing it out of parking spaces etc....

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:47 pm

Electric reverse? Might be a bit tricky to fit. Or just learn to park facing the right way.

If you think about it (In a superficial way!) reverse is in the right place too, hack about the case and remove the reverse brake it might even work....

Hmm.. a plan congeals....

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:54 pm

Catervan reverse ? 5 fwd 5 reverse gears ?

Was actually going to post to see if anyone knows how Bernard got on over winter building the DSG Audi Elise ? Cannot be fecked SELOCing.