Hi Guys, Greetings from the land down under.
Been a long time observer of the forum, and decided to pop in and ask for some expert opinions.
just a little bit about myself, I recently aquired a roaring forty project car from a gentleman, the thing was basically a roller gathering dust in his shed. Since i've aquired it, i've striped it, the body is in a local shop for some re-alignment work (The Quanlity wasn't as good as i throught), and is thinking of pulling the moulds off it, since its currently out of business, and replacement parts might be hard to find. I want the GT40 to have relatively modern interior like the new GTs, a 6 speed manual and mostly for street use, with occasional track time with the local ford boys. I'm planning to use a DOHC V8 which is we have in new Aussie Fords, power output would be close to the 600hp at the crank, and they are quite easily to be sourced. The problem is of course transmission. I've measured the chassis and the body, ideally the length from the axle point to the end should not be longer than 17.5 inches to keep the best look. but most transaxles are 18.5 to 20 inches!
Alternatives I've found are
RBT ZF 6 speed, rounds about $9000 USD, relatively smaller compare to others, great for street use, tho clutch and other parts don't come from RBT, but somewhere else i believe.
Quifie Q-tek, too long IMO, 18.5inches, and expensive too, 7000 pounds, plus clutch kits, etc.
Hewland NMT, great dimension, 15 inches,would keep the great look, but its dog box, would be very very very noisy as some members have mentioned. its recommanded only to 320ft torque, which is far from the output of the V8's 500ft. and its 15000 pound
Hewland NLT, bit longer, 17.7 inches, same thing, dog box. appearntly Hewland don't recommand it for street use because clutch kits are hard to source. Is that a problem for forum members who have dog box installed in the cars? And one of the thing i'm really interested to know is what is the real difference between a full syncro box and a dog box besides its noisy, i'd imagine it'd have bit of problem keep a gentle smooth take off on a hill?
Well Guys, sorry for me writing so long, but I really need to plan out what to do with certain things. If you guys can give me some suggestions that'd be great. Or perhaps gearboxes i've missed to look at.
The max budgest I will spend on the transaxle including clutch, etc etc is around the $30k USD.
Been a long time observer of the forum, and decided to pop in and ask for some expert opinions.
just a little bit about myself, I recently aquired a roaring forty project car from a gentleman, the thing was basically a roller gathering dust in his shed. Since i've aquired it, i've striped it, the body is in a local shop for some re-alignment work (The Quanlity wasn't as good as i throught), and is thinking of pulling the moulds off it, since its currently out of business, and replacement parts might be hard to find. I want the GT40 to have relatively modern interior like the new GTs, a 6 speed manual and mostly for street use, with occasional track time with the local ford boys. I'm planning to use a DOHC V8 which is we have in new Aussie Fords, power output would be close to the 600hp at the crank, and they are quite easily to be sourced. The problem is of course transmission. I've measured the chassis and the body, ideally the length from the axle point to the end should not be longer than 17.5 inches to keep the best look. but most transaxles are 18.5 to 20 inches!
Alternatives I've found are
RBT ZF 6 speed, rounds about $9000 USD, relatively smaller compare to others, great for street use, tho clutch and other parts don't come from RBT, but somewhere else i believe.
Quifie Q-tek, too long IMO, 18.5inches, and expensive too, 7000 pounds, plus clutch kits, etc.
Hewland NMT, great dimension, 15 inches,would keep the great look, but its dog box, would be very very very noisy as some members have mentioned. its recommanded only to 320ft torque, which is far from the output of the V8's 500ft. and its 15000 pound
Hewland NLT, bit longer, 17.7 inches, same thing, dog box. appearntly Hewland don't recommand it for street use because clutch kits are hard to source. Is that a problem for forum members who have dog box installed in the cars? And one of the thing i'm really interested to know is what is the real difference between a full syncro box and a dog box besides its noisy, i'd imagine it'd have bit of problem keep a gentle smooth take off on a hill?
Well Guys, sorry for me writing so long, but I really need to plan out what to do with certain things. If you guys can give me some suggestions that'd be great. Or perhaps gearboxes i've missed to look at.
The max budgest I will spend on the transaxle including clutch, etc etc is around the $30k USD.