andylancaster3000
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| posted on 11/6/05 at 12:18 PM |
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MT75 vs Type 9 Gearbox
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using either the MT75 or Type 9. There seem to be a lot of both around at a reasonable price but
can't decide between them.
I'm sure there are a some threads on this subject somewhere but I can't find any!
Thanks, Andy.
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JohnN
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| posted on 11/6/05 at 12:37 PM |
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MT75 stronger & lighter, but with fixed bellhousing, considered more bulky than type 9
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Mr G
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| posted on 11/6/05 at 04:24 PM |
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Depends how many horses you want to put through them and what your bolting it to.
MT75 will take more agro but has poorer ratios than the type 9. The MT75 case is totally alloy but always seemed larger to me. As mentioned your
limited to bolting it to only ford engines up to and including the zetec. There is a company that have made a front housing that allows diferent
bellhousings to be attached but then your getting into spending a fair bit of money.
Type 9 has more aftermarket goodies (Full range of gear kits/lever extensions/quickshifts/alloy cases) Was expected to take 160bhp from the 2.8i. V6
ratios are very good.
HTH
Cheers
G
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phelpsa
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| posted on 11/6/05 at 04:42 PM |
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The type 9 has a number of different upgrades available, including 6-speed conversion I think!
Adam
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andylancaster3000
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| posted on 11/6/05 at 06:31 PM |
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Type 9 it is then! The MT75 does seem a little bulky.
Does anyone have one going spare in this area?!
Cheers, Andy
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phelpsa
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| posted on 11/6/05 at 06:33 PM |
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If I see one around I'll tell you. Where abouts in Hants are you?
Adam
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andylancaster3000
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| posted on 11/6/05 at 07:06 PM |
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Adam: Cheers, I'm in fleet(NE hants, nr Aldershot) Not too far from where you are. What town are you in?
Andy
[Edited on 11/6/05 by andylancaster3000]
[Edited on 11/6/05 by andylancaster3000]
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phelpsa
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| posted on 11/6/05 at 07:11 PM |
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I'm near Newbury.
Adam
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tomm
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| posted on 12/6/05 at 03:54 PM |
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Type 9 Everytime, It has all the advantages and none of the disadvantages of MT75, oh and with an RS2000 ally belhousing it's lighter too.
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zetec
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| posted on 12/6/05 at 09:14 PM |
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With the MT75 you can easily move the gearlever to a better position than most type 9 installs which have the lever under the line of the dash.
Another advantage is that a lot come with electronic speedo sensors which are the best for aftermarket guages. The only real disadvantage is the fact
that changing gear ratios is not possible, but if you were going to use standard ones then not a problem... The gear change is very slick and the unit
is very durable, mine is straight out of the donor and is perfect and gears slot in as fast as I can move the lever. Westfield fit it as standard so
they can't be too bad!
" I only registered to look at the pictures, now I'm stuck with this username for the rest of my life!"
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MarcusB
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| posted on 13/6/05 at 11:32 AM |
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Hi, Type 9 has a cable operated clutch assembly and the MT75 a hydraulic one. Maybe this will make your choice a bit easier considering the pedalbox
you have installed.
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saigonij
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| posted on 13/6/05 at 11:52 AM |
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not all of them - it depends on the donor car it came out of.
Sierra/Granada are all cable operated clutches,
Later Scorpio are hydralic.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 13/6/05 at 01:55 PM |
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also you can move the lever back on the type 9 with a little engineering and it is a lot nicer than the external linkage on the mt75
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zetec
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 09:58 PM |
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I can't see how it could be easier to move the gear lever, very easy cheap home mod. The gearchange is very smooth short shift action. Each to
their own....
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