Daz1234
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 posted on 28/1/18 at 06:28 PM |
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MK INDY R frame - Zetec and Type 9
Hi again
Is anyone on here actually running a Indy R, Zetec and Type 9?
If so please can you let me know - I have a range of head scratching questions that i'm sure can be easily answered by someone running the same
setup as me!
Be very grateful!
Thanks
Daz
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Slater
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| posted on 28/1/18 at 08:11 PM |
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I am running MAC#1 Type ZR, Zetec and Type 9
I believe the MAC#1 is "similar" to MK Indy.
Its a common combination, ask away......
Why do they call Port Harcourt "The Garden City"?...... Becauase they can't spell Stramash.
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Daz1234
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| posted on 28/1/18 at 08:35 PM |
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Hi thanks for the reply.
First one is that my gear lever sits about 4" below the tunnel top. Which seems odd - cant really be anywhere else though as the engine/gearbox
position is determined by the mounts etc.
Just wondering how people are managing that?
Ill have to have a huge hole in the tunnel top to allow the movement or the gear level?
Daz
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Slater
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| posted on 28/1/18 at 10:10 PM |
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See pics from my build.
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engine in 037
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engine in 032 x
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looking at my pics the gear lever mounting surface is about 4" below tunnel top. I chopped a few inches off the top of sierra lever and it fits
just fine. There is enough room to select all the gears.
NOTE: The MAC#1 engine mounts are quite far back in the car so the lever is in the correct place ergonomically, not under the dash like some other
sevens where you need an extension.
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Why do they call Port Harcourt "The Garden City"?...... Becauase they can't spell Stramash.
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Daz1234
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| posted on 28/1/18 at 10:58 PM |
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If the lever of that far below the tunnel top. The travel by the tunnel top if far greater. So surely you end up with a massive hole (instead of a
small one)?
Daz
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CosKev3
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| posted on 28/1/18 at 11:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Slater
I am running MAC#1 Type ZR, Zetec and Type 9
I believe the MAC#1 is "similar" to MK Indy.
Its a common combination, ask away......
Mac1 ZR is similar to the old Indy with box section chassis, but the newer Indy R is a round tube chassis with inboard shocks on the front,totally new
chassis compared to the box section Indy 
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Daz1234
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| posted on 29/1/18 at 07:56 AM |
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Yeah really I need indyr zetec owners. There must be some??
Daz
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Slater
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| posted on 29/1/18 at 10:51 AM |
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Here is my "hole", it's not massive. The pivot point for the type 9 gear lever is actually above the mounting plate, about
1-2" from memory. So the throw at tunnel top is fine and certainly does not touch my square MAC#1 chassis members.
I had to shave a bit off the right angle ali trim to get reverse, but that's only because the gearbox sits slightly to the left in the
tunnel.
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dash post sva 2
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Why do they call Port Harcourt "The Garden City"?...... Becauase they can't spell Stramash.
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Daz1234
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| posted on 29/1/18 at 10:57 AM |
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Thanks for the reply. ok... in my book thats massive! 
Hopefully some MK guys can share there pics too.
Thanks again
Daz
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Angel Acevedo
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| posted on 29/1/18 at 03:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Daz1234
Hi thanks for the reply.
First one is that my gear lever sits about 4" below the tunnel top. Which seems odd - cant really be anywhere else though as the engine/gearbox
position is determined by the mounts etc.
Just wondering how people are managing that?
Daz
Could you not modify the ratio on the lever?
This is accomplished extending the distance between the fulcrum and the end that actuates the forks inside the transmission and fabricating and
installing a shim between the cover and transmission. This shim must be the same thickness as the added distance on the lever.
All this results in a shorter throw.
On the other hand a big hole in the transmission tunnel is some "Lightness" added for free... Unless gaiter leather and mounting hardware
is more than removed metal.
HTH
Beware of what you wish.. for it may come true....
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