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Andyvalver
21-03-2007, 02:11
But cant make a good gearbox for shit :x

I ruined another one earlier this evening. Engine doesnt seem to want to give up and its on 163k but i ****ed my 3rd box :lol:

Seems like an engine mount had broke as it jolted a bit a few times when accelerating, also when the gear stick is in neutral the car seems to be in 5th when i release the clutch. I managed to get it home but the gear stick is now stuck in 5th and i cant get it out. :x

All good fun hey, but i still love it :P

northy
21-03-2007, 08:50
:x

Allan
21-03-2007, 09:18
doh best get down looms and check for some kangoo's :D get some stuipd ratios on lol

bill.
21-03-2007, 10:01
aye, agreed, i went through 4 boxes in 57k in my old valver :shock:

MAXIBOY
21-03-2007, 10:46
as soon as a mount goes they don,t shift correctly and thus don,t engage properly and thus destroy themselves. had one go because of mount failure.

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e15/123maxiboy/DSCF2400.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e15/123maxiboy/DSCF2419.jpg

MAXIBOY
21-03-2007, 10:48
actually yours might be alright as if it stuck in fifth in might just need readjusting the gearbox position

Andyvalver
21-03-2007, 11:16
actually yours might be alright as if it stuck in fifth in might just need readjusting the gearbox position


I hope so. Gonna take a look today. :x

Andy P
21-03-2007, 11:26
Mate, i dont understand how you kill your box's so often :lol:

Get some uprated mounts on there, seems like you need it :lol:

Justin..
21-03-2007, 11:46
Oh dear :shock:


Gutted for ya

Get a meggy 1.6 16v box. Mine seems to have a longer 5th gear ratio. 80 is at 3750 rpm instead of 4k



Blurry pic but ya gets the idea

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/justin_2k5/Picture030.jpg

Andyvalver
21-03-2007, 12:13
Pah, i 1.6 meggy box would last a matter of weeks the way i drive :wink:

Andyvalver
21-03-2007, 12:14
Would a 2.0 meg box fit ok (like the willy box)

Justin..
21-03-2007, 12:16
No different top gearbox mount. but would fit with just the R19 mount and no top mount

Justin..
21-03-2007, 12:17
And my box has heldup so far with the shit i give it. 140 @ just over 6 k rpm :lol:

MAXIBOY
21-03-2007, 12:18
they did make a great box just never fitted it to the clio.

Justin..
21-03-2007, 12:20
What was that ?

MAXIBOY
21-03-2007, 12:22
renault 21 turbo box. used for ages in kit cars with rover v8,s straped to it.

Justin..
21-03-2007, 12:40
Ah the good old trans-axle. You'd have a hard time fittng that in a clio lol

MAXIBOY
21-03-2007, 14:16
hmmm mid engined clio

Scougar
21-03-2007, 14:30
Why mid engined? Cut out part of the bulk head.. reform a new one... along with a transmission tunnel and have a full on... front engined, rear wheel drive :D

Matthew
p.s. obviously more to it than that.. but you get the idea. Alternatively.. just get a new box and get a FULL SET of uprated mounts if you drive like a loon.

Matt_16v
21-03-2007, 14:43
anyone know who can supply uprated mounts??

Scougar
21-03-2007, 15:23
.. and an R19 mount... (from what i've been told on here)

Matthew

Andyvalver
21-03-2007, 16:41
Just been out to see if i can see whats up the the car.

It was stuck in 5th and i couldnt get it out, so me and my mate drove it down the road to see if we could get it out of gear. After some gentle persuation it came out. Put it in reverse to turn round (it went straight in) then 1st and 2nd. Then it exploded lol. Made the worst noises ever and even in neutrel rolling down the road cogs in the box were grinding lol.

Think its safe to say its ****ed :lol:

Justin..
21-03-2007, 19:14
:shock:

oh dear

cliorod
21-03-2007, 19:37
I guess I must be a very lucky person :lol: :roll: :lol: .I ran a normal (??) R5Gt Turbo box,with a ZF style plated LSD.standard mountings,ratios etc just put together carefully ~~ and used it my 5Turbo rally car,chucking out 208bhp ~~~ Flywheel power with no bother at all,Finishing as high as 2nd O/all on single venues at Flookborough,3 sisters and RAF Northcoates,never out of the top ten :lol: :wink: :lol: .The box then went in the Clio rally car ~~~ did 7 Tour of Mull Rallies,sold the car and my mate now has an Avanti Cluster in it ~~ just been checked out and rebuilt ~~ 217bhp from his TB,d engine.
Good luck or what :lol:

cliolord
21-03-2007, 20:04
anyone know who can supply uprated mounts??

I think Craig has a dog bone mount which is modified. I need one too i think. I run the R19 front mount which made a big different but its lower rpm, under 2,000rpm where the engine starts moving due to the cams and standard map :evil:

cliokiz
21-03-2007, 20:36
My valver box went just driving uphill with a boot full of stuff and 4 people in the car including myself. How rubbish is that?

Started popping out of gear very soon after that, then just got worse and worse, drove it around right up until the day i swapped my engine for a willy lump, made some right nasty grating noises, but i just had to use 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th, lol. Clutch was covered in gearbox oil as well so i couldn't floor it otherwise it just slipped, so i could only accelerate very gently!

Got me around though.. bless it! :lol:

Daz.
21-03-2007, 20:38
You lot must buy cars with ****ed boxes in the first place - I've never ever had any gearbox problems ever!

richy
21-03-2007, 20:42
You lot must buy cars with f**ked boxes in the first place - I've never ever had any gearbox problems ever!

jinxed!!! roll on the gearbox faults lol :wink:

ive only knackered 1 williams box, but god knows how many mounts/dogbones, saying that after i fitted the r19 mount a couple year ago ive only ever had 1 fail!!

Andyvalver
21-03-2007, 21:55
You lot must buy cars with f**ked boxes in the first place - I've never ever had any gearbox problems ever!

You must just drive like a pussy :wink:

My box was fully refurbed twice now. The original box lasted till 140k, now ive ruined 2 rebuilt ones in 22k lol. Its still the original box but with new internals.

I drive like a prick though lol :twisted:

Daz.
21-03-2007, 22:14
I drive 50/50 - it gets quite a pasting every now and then... well lots more than now and or then!


Since I had my new mounts fitted Its like a new box - feels bulletproof...




faf bring on the blown box! :twisted:

Laine_16v
21-03-2007, 22:20
Agreed you guys must be proper ramming it into gear or something, havent had major problems on either of my boxes, but saying that both have got slightly worn syncromesh on 2nd gear but unoticable unless you change gear like michael schumacher.

MAXIBOY
21-03-2007, 22:20
You lot must buy cars with f**ked boxes in the first place - I've never ever had any gearbox problems ever!

You must just drive like a pussy :wink:

My box was fully refurbed twice now. The original box lasted till 140k, now ive ruined 2 rebuilt ones in 22k lol. Its still the original box but with new internals.

I drive like a prick though lol :twisted:

who refubs them. not doing a good job really

VIPERONE
22-03-2007, 05:07
you can fit a megane 2.0 l box to clios.
you need to get the mount an modify it accordingly...with the smae mount you can fit most pre 2004 renault boxes.

I ran my modded mount with a laguna jc5 box

Matt_16v
22-03-2007, 11:02
A mate of mine did 13 gearboxes in a year in his valver :shock:

He did drive like a proper knob tho...allways doing reverse to firsts etc...
Best thing was all these boxes were under warrenty! In the end they told him to **** off :P

clowo16v
22-03-2007, 12:36
I went through 5 in a year, I do give em a lot of stick tho and at a max of £40 a go didnt cost much to fix.

Matt

Dan_mk1
22-03-2007, 13:47
You lot must buy cars with f**ked boxes in the first place - I've never ever had any gearbox problems ever!

I said exactly the same a few months back, now my willy box has blown :lol:

cliolord
22-03-2007, 19:33
i duno about you guys but I let my box warm up as well as the engine. ***touch wood*** i have never had a box go on me either or a clutch for that matter. I give the throttle a blip if im down shifting pretty nifty, bit of heel and toe

big hp
23-03-2007, 20:57
I always give a little blip of the throttle on downshifts.

My box is whining but i've got 2 spares :lol:

chrisc
27-03-2007, 13:34
where is this abundance of spare boxes? £40???

I've just had terrible trouble getting a box for my 16v. Ended up paying £150 for a second hand one thorugh a garage.

MAXIBOY
27-03-2007, 19:29
winston or mat brown on here think they have a few.