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Bloody Gearboxes

Postby Russellb » Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:22 pm

Well broke this gearbox on saturday morning
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and we did a quick change then broke the second one on the last race of sunday

I think that this was caused by too many KW 230+
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Postby JBT » Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:24 pm

:shock:
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Postby AJ » Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:44 pm

:shock: jesus.........you didn't just break it, you stripped it like a cheap hooker :shock:
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Postby Russellb » Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:49 pm

YEP. There were some funny noises coming from it too :D
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Postby Benny » Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:38 am

I guess you've now found out how much power an MX-5 box can take. :roll:
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Postby ASE05 » Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:53 pm

dang!
Sing that song, puff all night long.......
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Postby blackster » Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:55 pm

Pic doesnt seem to load, is it off an SE?
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Postby sabretooth » Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:18 pm

Two gearboxes! Nice effort!

Will the next one be stronger?
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Postby Russellb » Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:03 pm

blackster wrote:Pic doesnt seem to load, is it off an SE?

Not an SE box but a STD 5sp
Pic works for everyone else :?
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Postby Matty » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:11 pm

6 speeds are supposedly stronger... or get an FM gearset...
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Postby Russellb » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:57 pm

sabretooth wrote:Two gearboxes! Nice effort!

Will the next one be stronger?


Well Lets Hope so :?
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Postby bark » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:16 pm

PPGearbox can whip a set of gears for around $1k from memory...
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Postby Charlie Brown » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:57 pm

Oi Russ, remember your class :roll:

Get the one out of Turbo Girls, it locks up :D
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Postby Russellb » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:10 pm

Charlie Brown wrote:Oi Russ, remember your class :roll:

Get the one out of Turbo Girls, it locks up :D

Turbo girl broke this one
Yes I know the Class
Which means the Quafie 5sp is out of the Question :(
The six speed is stuck in 3rd NFI what went wrong
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