Straight cut gears will not be suitable for a road car, they make a lot of noise. Do you know the power and torque of your engine? try asking the seller/manufacture of the 5 speed gearbox if it's suitable.

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no, you don't need straight cut gears.... just some boost

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I know you could get wide ratio gearsets in some of the Rover boxes, it allowed them to run a tall diff (2.76) and still have a reasonable 1st gear ratio.
Dunno if still available, I'm not up to speed on Rovers....

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Mini Spares UK had some nice new 5 speed gearboxes on display at the IMM2014 2175 GBP

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

Too big for hand luggage Michael let alone that other thing you were looking at eh???

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It's amazing what can be freighted around the world for the right price
Only 800GBP for the full engine and gearbox assembly. Already dyno tuned Ready to bolt in

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

The look on your face was priceless.

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Freight or the engine/gearbox?

Actually I'd be surprised if it didn't fit in the "approved" carry-on gauge. If indeed it was ever tested.... maybe need to remove the diff and pack it at one end of the bag.

Would depend more on whether security decided it was a dangerous weapon.....

I made it through with a full RC40.

Cheers Ian

I would love to see you put it in the over head lockers ; you can have the window seat if you like

800GBP was for freight, the complete engine/ gearbox was 8990GBP

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

Just curious if someone by chance has found a modern 5 speed gearbox internals from some vehicle that can be modified to fit in an A series box. Similar to how someone worked out that a BMW bike head can be modified to fit an A series.

I remember David Rosenthal was an advocate for this modification. He's pulled back from the Web in a big way, but used to be a regular here with many amazing ideas and even more amazing workmanship. My Cooper 998 engine has a really nice set of CBR900 SS valves spun down to suit which was made by him, lovely work.

He had a project on the go where he was installing again a CBR900 series 6 speed gear set and mechanical linkages. I am unsure how that was working out however before he left. Maybe others might know a little more?

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All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

sad that he left the forum the way he did

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Yes, it is a shame he was driven away by people with less knowlage than himself, because of narrow minded idiots that should stick to serving chips at McDonalds rather than trying to tell a very qualified engineer how to do his job. I have seen the 6 speed gearbox David made, it was a work of art. It went into the scrap bin along with all the rest of the minis and parts.

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