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Eric · 07-18-08, 03:28 AM

Wanni speaks the truth. You cant have cake and eat it too.

A small volume run of casing, R&P, or any other component carries a huge initial cost. There is no way around this.

A gearbox is a component that sees very high load and temperature, and must have ultra tight tolerances throughout of every component. Design and manufacture have no room for error.

Making it overbuilt and robust is one way to help this, but if you are talking about sportscar and racing boxes, it must be weight optimized, this costs more time and money to be right, and it must be right.

In professional racing currently, no component is harder to develop and more critical than the gearbox.

the prices of boxes available for the component car market are certainly tough to swallow, but its an absolutely necessary evil.

Some guys are always convinced there is a way around it, and end up with broken parts time after time.

cheers
eric

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07-18-08, 03:28 AM	#82 (permalink)
Eric Eric D Rookie Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Asia GT40: None yet Posts: 75 Rep Power: 3	Re: The Price of Transaxles - Why are Transaxles Expensive? Wanni speaks the truth. You cant have cake and eat it too. A small volume run of casing, R&P, or any other component carries a huge initial cost. There is no way around this. A gearbox is a component that sees very high load and temperature, and must have ultra tight tolerances throughout of every component. Design and manufacture have no room for error. Making it overbuilt and robust is one way to help this, but if you are talking about sportscar and racing boxes, it must be weight optimized, this costs more time and money to be right, and it must be right. In professional racing currently, no component is harder to develop and more critical than the gearbox. the prices of boxes available for the component car market are certainly tough to swallow, but its an absolutely necessary evil. Some guys are always convinced there is a way around it, and end up with broken parts time after time. cheers eric .