Mate you forgot the selector system on the first trans was an absolute joke, and even you stated you weren't happy with it, but you sent it over anyway, and unfortunately i didnt take a picture of it,
there was also the missing selector lock out to stop it selecting two gears at once,
and weight wasn't the biggest concern, although 90 odd KGs was getting up there, it was more the quick change gears, the back of the box was designed so that there wasn't enough clearance to run them in any configuration other that how they were supplied, i couldnt even swap them around to go from an under drive to an over drive, so that was a waste of time.
As for the rear uprights , there was a little bit more to that story, a nissan axle welded into a holden drive flange, that didnt even run true , was so bad you couldnt use the brake pedal properly because of the vibration, the outer taper bearing was only a tap on fit to the axle with no shrink ring to hold it in position, no crush tube between the inner and outer bearing, so there was no preload, and all that was holding together was a circlip, which fortunately failed at the first cnr before he had a chance to gain any speed, thank god.
Leon the only saving grace was that everyone of these "teething problems" happened either on the dyno or at very slow speed, as each one caused a major lock up of the box which could have had serious consequences had it have happened at the speeds the car is capable of.
Mate disappointed is the understatement of the year, i put my trust and money in you ,because i believed in what you were doing. and being on the other side of the Tasman sea makes it a bit hard to check on progress so all i had was your word.
whats left of the trans is sitting under the bench and the offer to buy it back and carry on development still stands.
john