jeffw
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| posted on 28/6/13 at 07:31 PM |
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340BHP + Stock 3rd Gear = ?
Just got these parts back from BGH from the blow up last year....The new gearbox innards (E8) seem fine with the torque.
And this is one of my sprint front tyres after Goodwood
Need to stop locking the wheels....
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 28/6/13 at 07:33 PM |
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Very nice, top job 
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jeffw
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| posted on 28/6/13 at 07:44 PM |
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lol....I wondered why it wouldn't go in third 
[Edited on 28/6/13 by jeffw]
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 28/6/13 at 07:51 PM |
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Just a minor crunch
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snapper
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| posted on 28/6/13 at 07:55 PM |
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3rd gear has failed probably due to a stress fault
No reason why that above any lower gear just unlucky
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jeffw
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| posted on 28/6/13 at 07:56 PM |
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Actually there is a very good reason 3rd fails....
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 28/6/13 at 08:57 PM |
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Been there, done that, read the book, watched the film, worn the 'T' shirt. Managed it with a 4 speed single rail box in a Mk1 Cortina
with a home brewed 1662cc Xflow pulling away from Rushden High street in 1982. Big BANG only had 4th gear after. Stripped EVERY tooth off of the input
shaft gear.
Happy Days.
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NigeEss
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| posted on 28/6/13 at 10:46 PM |
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If you're going to break it, then break it good and proper
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bi22le
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| posted on 28/6/13 at 11:48 PM |
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Oooo baby smooth, and the tyre dont look much better!!
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jeffw
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| posted on 29/6/13 at 05:41 AM |
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BGH tell me that the stock Ford 3rd gears are hardened all the way through and are brittle as a result. So high power cars break third....I now have
there E8 box which has their gear set including 3rd.
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