Gearbox Confusion Which One?

[S13Nick 0]

right i need your opinion on a gearbox i need to use, i have a 2.0l 8v turbo engine gunna run around 200bhp for around town type roads chasing boy racers and i dont know which gearbox to use.... i have a 1.6 gearbox & 1.9 lift up reverse box.... right so i was thinking use the 1.9 box as longer gears but that means i have to convert to lift up reverse and im struggling to find the bits for the conversion, and im also thinking the 1.6 box the gears being to short and not being able to put any power down, so im confused and don't know what the best thing to do is

 

any info & hints appreciated

 

thanks nick

[whizzer71 0]

right i need your opinion on a gearbox i need to use, i have a 2.0l 8v turbo engine gunna run around 200bhp for around town type roads chasing boy racers and i dont know which gearbox to use.... i have a 1.6 gearbox & 1.9 lift up reverse box.... right so i was thinking use the 1.9 box as longer gears but that means i have to convert to lift up reverse and im struggling to find the bits for the conversion, and im also thinking the 1.6 box the gears being to short and not being able to put any power down, so im confused and don't know what the best thing to do is

 

any info & hints appreciated

 

thanks nick

 

The gears / FD you want are 1st + 2nd from 205/309 1.9Gti,3rd + 4th from Xsara VTS with 1.9 Gti 5th or Xsara 5th if doing a lot of motorway work and want something to keep the revs down in top for good fuel economy along with 3.59 or 3.47 Diff from 309 1.6 carb (3.59) or 205 Diesel (3.47),suits the turbos torquey characteristics a treat specially in such a light car particually if running increased boost.

We have this set up in one of our turbo conversions with the 1.9 5th and it hits the rev limiter in 5th dunno what insane speed thats at but we are going to be fitting the Xsara 5th (.74) to hopefully calm it down a bit

 

Hope that helps

 

Tris.

 

P.s Gearbox calc link

 

http://www.mckeown-enterprises.co.uk/downl...5ratiosGti6.xls