Gear boxes

[Kinky Monza]

Right i have a nova merit, its an e reg with a 4 speed gear box, how difficult is it to fit a 5 speed box?? and what would you recommend?? bearing in mind i am planning an engine conversion at some point

[novaco]

i think its the F13 but i may be wrong

[novamadman]

Right i have a nova merit, its an e reg with a 4 speed gear box, how difficult is it to fit a 5 speed box?? and what would you recommend?? bearing in mind i am planning an engine conversion at some point

time consuming more than difficult, change the selector also when your changing the box, 4 bolts to floor of car easy peasy.

f13 cr if you can get yours hands on one. Failing that if your not really worried about acc. e.t.c and your doing a conversion soon anyway, f10 or f13wr 5 speed will do you job fine.

hope this helps

shane

[Kinky Monza]

Not really ****d about time consumption as i have plenty of time but i'd ideally like a decent enough gear box so i don't have to change it again after doing the engine conversion

[novaco]

depends if your planning on going for a big block conversion or a small block realy

[Kinky Monza]

I'm planning on a 3.0 v6, failing that 2.0 16v

[novaco]

looks like that you will have to use a different gearbox when you change our engine then

[mikey14sr]

for the v6 or valver you'll need an f20 out of the same car, if you just want 5 gears on a merit you will need either an f10 or f13, but to be honest the ratios aren't much different between the 4 and 5 speed versions anyway.

[novamadman]

for the v6 or valver you'll need an f20 out of the same car, if you just want 5 gears on a merit you will need either an f10 or f13, but to be honest the ratios aren't much different between the 4 and 5 speed versions anyway.

they are exactly the same, the only gearbox that has different gear ratios is the f13 close ratio. f10 4 speed, f10 5 speed and f13 wide ratio have exactly the same gear ratios.

shane

[Stuart]

waste of time if your going to big block (or small block in the V6 case) it soon anyway.........

really it is a waste of time and effort.

[Kinky Monza]

Thanks Stu, glad someone's telling me that it's a waste of time before swapping engines, shane, mikey, thanks for your input too!!!!

[125scouse]

valver it and stick it on an F16!!

[Dod]

Grab a 1200 box and stick it in. Shouldn't cost too much and not too difficult to fit either.