Gearbox Change

[minimaniacwhyard 17]

Got a four speed 1.1 205 lookong to swap it to a five

Speed box. Its just got to last me untill may when i put the diesel engine in. Just wondering about linkages etc are they the same

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

All the same, but if you are changing it all within 6 months is it really worth the hassle? I ran around in a 4 speed 1.1 205 for about 6 months once, it was perfectly adequate and would happily do 80 mph on the motorway.

[minimaniacwhyard 17]

Cheers dude. I havnt ran it at all yet. My friend drove it back for me to cover the insurence. Ill see how it runs should be on the road in a couple of weeks. Lowering it this weekend and hopefully got some 106 gti alloys as well.

[TooMany2cvs 65]

All the same, but if you are changing it all within 6 months is it really worth the hassle? I ran around in a 4 speed 1.1 205 for about 6 months once, it was perfectly adequate and would happily do 80 mph on the motorway.

Seconded - for six months, I really wouldn't bother. We're using a 1.1 4spd as our main car at the mo, and the gearing's just fine - if a bit rev-happy at cruise altitude. 80's easy, but 90 has, allegedly, been seen. Not on the public road, of course, Ossifer.

 

I'm thinking of lobbing a 5spd in ours, but only for a bit better cruising (standard 1.1 5spd ratios don't seem to have a higher fifth, just closer spacing in between) and because I'll have the box out anyway for a clutch. And because I keep trying to change up...

[minimaniacwhyard 17]

Well ive decided to keep the four speed untill the engine change as i have more important bits to pay for now