scootz
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| posted on 23/8/12 at 08:14 PM |
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Having Bespoke Gearbox Components Machined
Sure, I know this is a 'how-long-is-a-piece-of-string' question, but can anyone give me a best-guess idea at the likely cost for having 4
bespoke gears cut and an input shaft made...
High-hundreds... into thousands... ???
Thanks in advance.
It's Evolution Baby!
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franky
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| posted on 23/8/12 at 08:24 PM |
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Ring Nova racing transmissions.
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mark chandler
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| posted on 23/8/12 at 08:29 PM |
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Muffett in Tunbridge Wells used to do one off's
Price, have not got a clue 
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phelpsa
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| posted on 23/8/12 at 09:04 PM |
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Depends on the size, material and complexity of the shaft, but it its motorcycle gearbox type stuff then I'd be very wary if it wasn't
into the thousands.
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scootz
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| posted on 23/8/12 at 09:09 PM |
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Cheers guys. It's for an old VW transaxle (bug / bus / Type 4). The standard and 'off-the-shelf' aftermarket ratios are pretty
much useless for any engine making its peak power around 6,500 and revving on to around 9,500.
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MikeR
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| posted on 23/8/12 at 09:23 PM |
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have a word with nsdev. he looked into getting custom ratios for his grasser a few years ago using a Coventry company who's name I can remember
but I'm sure they specialize in making gears and gear sets.
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TheGiantTribble
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| posted on 23/8/12 at 09:26 PM |
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wasn't the original Hewland gearbox a VW transaxle with the internals improved
Hewland ...not very locost but might be worth looking into second hand.
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 23/8/12 at 09:27 PM |
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What makes you think that there aren't NON-custom gears out there, that would be up to the job?
They don't have to be in a VW gearbox to potentially work...
For eg a gear from Honda for a Fireblade box is somewhere between £90 and £130...
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beaver34
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| posted on 23/8/12 at 09:40 PM |
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Speak with bears Motorsport in Birmingham, they rebuild vw boxes for racing a Subaru conversions, they should help you
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procomp
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| posted on 24/8/12 at 03:28 AM |
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Hi.
Another vote for Bears. they also do a 5 speed.
Cheers Matt.
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mcerd1
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| posted on 24/8/12 at 07:14 AM |
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what are you up to now - I know you've got a chassis built for a beetle back end, but I thought you had other plans for that ???
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Originally posted by procomp
Hi.
Another vote for Bears. they also do a 5 speed.
Cheers Matt.
linky: http://bearsmotorsport.co.uk/volkswagen-parts-gear-sets
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