Straight cut gearbox

Post by **kaos** » 18 Jan 2008 10:30 pm

What would it take to get one of these i really fancy it.

im guessing it'd be rather pricey?

loverly straight cut gears and a 16v conversion yum.... *drools*

Post by **Jason B** » 18 Jan 2008 11:08 pm

Lol, good luck! if you find a place that churns out straight cut close ratios for a decent price give me a shout. I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure there is no option than to go custom (unless there is an ultra rare rsport jobbie out there)

Post by **Fuse** » 18 Jan 2008 11:13 pm

Well SSF-Wheel in here makes straight cut boxes based on m45 for 200-series, mainly rally/rally cross guys use those. One might think they would make one based on 300-series m4x box too. Though those are not cheap around 5000€

http://www.ssf-pyora.fi/uk/index.html

Another one is Swedish Sellholm, though again not cheap.

http://www.sellholm.se/

Sellholm's "ultimate" gearbox is quite piece of art..

Behold, the fully sequential Sellholm MPG

http://www.ofiengineering.se/Historia/SellholmMPG1.jpg
http://img2.putfile.com/main/11/31314510469.jpg
http://img2.putfile.com/main/11/31314510444.jpg

O.F.I Engineering has MPG in their 240

http://www.pbase.com/blkaplan/image/85783867.jpg

Those MPG's go for something like $8500 _used_

Post by **kaos** » 18 Jan 2008 11:22 pm

i wouldnt have a clue where to look. i was sorta hoping there was maybe a company out there that just made the actual gears and prehaps i could fab a gearbox up that way, but i think thats a dream.

shame really.

quaffie are really expensive. theres got to be somewhere out there

Post by **Fuse** » 18 Jan 2008 11:32 pm

Well if you checked my post, SSF-Wheel in here makes gears, at least for M4X-series boxes in 200-series. But those aren't too cheap.. Complete boxes around 5000€..

Post by **kaos** » 18 Jan 2008 11:38 pm

unfortunutly i dont speak finnish, no offence so the websites not much good to me

yeh its mostly english. but i think i'd struggle with contacting them *shakes head*

Post by **Jason B** » 19 Jan 2008 12:03 am

tbh I can't really see why you'd want a straight cut box for a valver conversion apart from the kudos of having one. It is far more important to sort out traction before acceleration imo i.e. lsd or locker depending on use. (not that they are any easier to sort, if you're interested have a search)

Cheers

Jason

Post by MJ » 19 Jan 2008 03:10 am

It'd be funny watching anyone else try to drive your car if you had one installed

But rather worrying about damage at the same time...

Post by **sven360** » 19 Jan 2008 03:00 pm

Pm Bilbo he has one and knows where there is one lurking with damaged 1st gear if my memory is correct.

He's also got limmys too.

Post by **classicswede** » 19 Jan 2008 07:22 pm

You will find most fins can speak quite good english.

Post by **jtbo** » 19 Jan 2008 07:50 pm

classicswede wrote:You will find most fins can speak quite good english.

Yes, our school systems starts teaching it from 4th grade to 9th, then whatever one chooses to continue from there, english will be present all time so even those that refuse to learn will learn

I'm sure that in SF pyörä they have lot of orders from outside of country too and they surely are capable of speaking english as their homepage is offered as in english too.

Post by **classicswede** » 20 Jan 2008 04:21 pm

I know I'm going to have to do something gearbox wise in the next few years as the std item is not going to cope with the intended power.

Post by **Bilbo** » 20 Jan 2008 08:39 pm

for those who messaged me: there was, maybe still is, a gearbox for sale but remember its broken and its 1K to buy + shipping + repair. To get it fixed correctly will be a small fortune......when gears go they break/damage other gears,shafts,bearings so the whole box would have to be professionally rebuilt [in my opinion]. i asked to see photos of the box,never got to see any, so gave up on it. he had no lsd's for sale!!
if you have a couple of grand spare and are serious, i will give you details !

Post by **kaos** » 21 Jan 2008 07:48 pm

shame, i'd have a couple of grand to spare in about 6 months i'd guess. but a couple of grand for a straight cut is/ would be way over budget

Post by **foggyjames** » 25 Jan 2008 02:07 am

I'd say for your purposes, there's next to no point in having one. I think Quaiffe do straight-cut gearsets for M4x series boxes...at a price.

I met the dude behind OFI Engineering last summer when we were in Sweden. Nice bloke, and a bit of a genius to boot.

cheers

James