Nova gearbox

[5door_racer]

I've got a 1987 1.3 L 5 door. its got a five speed box but is it a cr? i've heard they can make a big difference

[dan-hipgrave]

i dont think it will be mate, i think that only the sr's etc. had the close ratio boxes, yours is probably an F10W box - wide ratio.

[Adam]

Yeah as dan said i think only the SRs on had a close ratio box.

[5door_racer]

how can i tell what gearbox i've got?

[Adam]

It should be stamped on the gearbox somewhere.

[MechaT]

All 1.3's, SR or not, have F10W. Some 1.4 SR have F13C. Mine supposedly came from a Corsa SX. Not sure bout that.
Someone needs to doa sticky about gearboxes and where to read the code. It's hard to find without a pic.

[J4MES]

the sticky would be a good idea as there is a fair few questions on them...

[Coddy]

http://www.vauxnova.co.uk/gearbox/gearbox.gif


this should help.

i found this the other day at

http://www.nova-land.com/ it was in the guides section


its good stuff so hope it helps

[Nick]

i'm sure that reading thru the haynes manual i saw that some cars had an f10CR , cos the 1.4 SR is an F13 i think.

You should beable to kinda guess, my 1.2 does about 80mph at 6500rpm in 3rd gear (timing is out so it should be a bit higher) if it's similar to this then it's probably a W.

[5door_racer]

mine does bout 80 miles and hour at round 6k revs. sounds similar.

[5door_racer]

is an f10cr the best gearbox for a 1.4 T40 setup

[Snowface]

final drive ratio's will affect what your saying about 6500rpm at 85.

You can't really compare unless u know ur f/d, or work it out.