205 Mi16 Gearbox

[flyfisher 6 2 Cars]

hi ive just purchased a 205 mi16. car is running alloy block 1905 engine with cat fast road cams. 1600 g/box with 5th gear from mi16 box after picking car up for a long motorway journey i foung gearbox very tirering is there a better box may be longer in 4th and 5th as i feel it might be a better option.

[Mikey S 29 1 Cars]

hi ive just purchased a 205 mi16. car is running alloy block 1905 engine with cat fast road cams. 1600 g/box with 5th gear from mi16 box after picking car up for a long motorway journey i foung gearbox very tirering is there a better box may be longer in 4th and 5th as i feel it might be a better option.

 

mi16 or xsara vts gearbox might be a better choice for you. they retain the lower gearing upto 3rd wgile 4th and 5th are longer and more suited to cruising on the motorway.

i personally use a 1.9 gearbox on mine and i find it perfectly ok. some people will argue by saying there too long for the mi16 but seeing as mine isnt used on track it does me fine.

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

An Mi16 fifth in a 1.6 box will give a longer ratio fifth than any of the others mentioned above.

 

What rpm is it pulling at motorway speds?

 

Graham.

[flyfisher 6 2 Cars]

An Mi16 fifth in a 1.6 box will give a longer ratio fifth than any of the others mentioned above.

 

What rpm is it pulling at motorway speds?

 

Graham.

70 mph was coming at about 4000 rpm

[flyfisher 6 2 Cars]

mi16 or xsara vts gearbox might be a better choice for you. they retain the lower gearing upto 3rd wgile 4th and 5th are longer and more suited to cruising on the motorway.

i personally use a 1.9 gearbox on mine and i find it perfectly ok. some people will argue by saying there too long for the mi16 but seeing as mine isnt used on track it does me fine.

i have a be3 mi16 box but i thought that the 1600 having the same 5th gear fitted there would be no point in changing to it

[Pugs in Pieces 0]

70 mph at 4k sounds just like a normal 1.6 box, i may stand corrected but i thought it would be lower rpm if it had 5th from an mi box????

[flyfisher 6 2 Cars]

70 mph at 4k sounds just like a normal 1.6 box, i may stand corrected but i thought it would be lower rpm if it had 5th from an mi box????

may be seller was not being straight. in any case i do have a be3 mi16 box with a 4.44 cwp may be that would be a better option

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

Seller definately wasn't being straight, ~4k @ 70 is standard 1.6 box.

 

The Mi fifth on a 1.6 fd would be nearer to 3k iirc, it's the same ratio I used to run on mine when I had the 405 SRi gearbox fitted.

 

Mi16 gearbox would give approx 3.5k @ 70 iirc.

 

Graham.

[flyfisher 6 2 Cars]

Seller definately wasn't being straight, ~4k @ 70 is standard 1.6 box.

 

The Mi fifth on a 1.6 fd would be nearer to 3k iirc, it's the same ratio I used to run on mine when I had the 405 SRi gearbox fitted.

 

Mi16 gearbox would give approx 3.5k @ 70 iirc.

 

Graham.

looks like mi16 box is going to go in then. am i right in thinking this has a longer 4th and fifth than a standard 1.6 box and would cure all this high revs nonsense

[Pugs in Pieces 0]

yes the mi box has a short 1,2 and 3 i think with a longer 4 and 5.

[flyfisher 6 2 Cars]

way to go then