OK so i'm after a straight cut gearbox.

What do they cost roughly?
Gears/casing/layshaft... all that crap.
Rough prices so i can get saving.

Thanks.

BIIIIIIIIIIG willy.

about 2.5k new

Aaron

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How about second hand.
I heard figures around the 600 mark somewhere

Gearset here alone (new) is about $1100+ for 3 synchro, $1600+ for 4 synchro.
Bit cheaper if you bring from UK.
S/H- if you find one don't pay more than 1/2 price, and inspect carefully for wear or damage.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

how serious are you now you know what you might be up for?

they're a bitch to drive on the street aren't they?

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Pardon the newbie question , is there an advantage to having a straight cut over the stand box?

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Margaret - 88 Rover

the gears are much stronger, takes the punishment of extreme extreme power and race motors with big torque..... instead of the teeth on the gears being cut on an angle (helical) so they mesh better when changing gears, the teeth are cut straight across, so they mesh better when engaged, which makes it a ning nong to change gears - they will always crunch

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

I wont be the one to give you the bad news about straight cut gears and their strength but I will tell you this little story.

I had to rebuild the SCCR box in my race mini, $4,000.00 later I thought I had something to handle the massive amount of power my 1380 was putting out (tongue in cheek). Next race meeting I ran into the guy who ownes the sister car to my mini and he is running a no expenses spared cross flow head race motor - Big horses. He told me he blew his geabox to shreads a year earlier and did not want to waste money on a new SCCR box so just installed a standard box, it was giving him no trouble and with a replacemnet cost of about $100.00 made better sense.

My advice would be to spend you money elsewhere. Also the last road car I had, had a straight cut box and the noise was unbearable at time and that was an open top car.

Hey willy, can you please get rid of the avatar.

it scares me

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66 Mini Minor sponsored by http://www.lifeonthehedge.com.au/ The Dog Harness Specialists
It was a pleasure ausmini. I'll miss all you misfits and reprobates

Cmon mick, he's great.

nah leave johnny there hes a legend

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Nigel Morton/ Team Brickworx
never late in a 998

We put straight cuts in the sprite (the one with the cooper s engine) and straight up had problems with it jumping out of gear and tricky gear selection but after taking the box out and reassembling we have had no such woes.
Not sure what the exact problem was but its working fine now
I was also thinking of putting straight cut gears in the mini but i decided the expense was to great.

Scott

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Time to try drifting,

Bloody P-Platers

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the world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page
66 Mini Minor sponsored by http://www.lifeonthehedge.com.au/ The Dog Harness Specialists
It was a pleasure ausmini. I'll miss all you misfits and reprobates

P plater and PROUD