Need more info. for Ricardo transaxles?

[Lynn Erickson]

Paul, by the B&M option I gather you mean a short shifter. Where can I find info on it as I have the standard one and it might be a challenge to package well.

B&M made the OEM shifter for the Ford GT and makes the short shifter sold by Ford Racing Parts

 

[Cliff Beer]

I wouldn't be that concerned about ending up with a car drives like a pendulum simply by using a ricardo instead of a ZF - we're talking perhaps 55lbs, and that 55lbs is going to be spready some fore of the CVs/hubs and some aft. Yes, proportionally that will put some more weight over the rear wheels than the front v. a ZF car but it's not that dramatically more. Consider a 911 that has the whole damn engine and half the transaxle hanging out back behind of the CVs/hubs - yes, the early 911s had a severe pendulum effect but over time the car became quite manageable. So, net, I think what we're talking about here with a Ricardo v. ZF (still with the whole engine and half the transaxle ahead of the CVs/hubs) is pretty inconsequential in this regard.

 

[Kirby Schrader]

Brian,

Here are some pictures of the Ricardo installed in my friend's SPF MkII. The quality is kinda' poor... sorry. But you can clearly see how they had to raise the power train up and the modifications they did to the rear chassis section where the transaxle sticks out further. I used to have pictures of the actual motor mounts, but can't find them. They were simply modified with a spacer between the motor and the mount.

I hope these help a little. Let me know and I will have him send more pics if necessary. He is not on the forum.

Regards,
Kirby

I would like to thank you all for the detailed discusion on the Ricardo transaxle. I do not have access to the internet at my shop during the day so I was unable to ask questions in the middle of the posts. I just got home and have some things to do but I would like to ask some of you further questions soon, I hope that is OK! Thanks again. Brian "TIN MAN" Limberg