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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    So, anyone using an RX7 box?

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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    Quote Originally Posted by therealpinto View Post
    Do you know what kind of torque you have?

    I'm a bit curious on trying an RX8 gearbox to replace my T5. But I have 280 whp and over 400 Nm from the Pinto turbo and gut feeling says the RX8 gearbox would be marginal.

    Gustaf
    what about using the rx7 box? they have the same bellhousing pattern.

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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    Quote Originally Posted by freddy686868 View Post
    what about using the rx7 box? they have the same bellhousing pattern.
    OK, but are they as "easy" to find? Haven't checked but in Sweden Rx7s are thin on the ground.

    Gustaf

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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    Quote Originally Posted by therealpinto View Post
    OK, but are they as "easy" to find? Haven't checked but in Sweden Rx7s are thin on the ground.

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    That i wouldn’d know sorry. All i know is they will bolt on the same as the rx8. Rx7 parts are pretty rare anywhere really.

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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    So I've read through the thread and it seems that the rx8 box is pretty strong, but not as strong as a t5 or an rx7 box.
    Does anyone have experience with matching it to the Duratec 2.0ltr?
    I had someone tell me today that the RX8 box isn't known for its nice shifting.
    How have others experienced thiers?
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    rx8 gearbox?

    Rx8 Shifts better than a t5 and even better with a quick shift


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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    Sounds good Ian...

    how do they go fitting in to the tunnels in mk1’s?

    are they heavy compared to a type 9?

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    rx8 gearbox?

    Fitted mine in a mk2 with just bellhousing tunnel mods :-)
    They are heavy 5kg more than a t5 so 42kg
    I paid more for the quick shifter than the gearbox and carbon prop but seems to b holding up well
    Cable clutch on mine is fine too if little bit heavy :-)



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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    Quote Originally Posted by rsdeano View Post
    So I've read through the thread and it seems that the rx8 box is pretty strong, but not as strong as a t5 or an rx7 box.
    Does anyone have experience with matching it to the Duratec 2.0ltr?
    I had someone tell me today that the RX8 box isn't known for its nice shifting.
    How have others experienced thiers?
    Thanks
    They shift stunning even standard. Not as stong as the t5 that is for sure but they take revs much better. They are a great box for the price. I still haven’t mated one to a duratec i am struggling to get hold of a bottom end with a crank/starter and flywheel to sort out an adaptor plate.

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    rx8 gearbox?

    Awesome
    That sounds good Freddy

    There are a lot of points heading me towards deciding on the rx8 box

    I’m still stuck on deciding my path for my 71 mk1 1300xl 3 speed auto shell

    Three main options
    Cozzie
    Duratec
    Zetec

    Cozzie standard (semi) with t5
    Duratec standard (semi) with a lot of extra costs for fitting and to make it fit
    Rx8 or rx7 box
    Zetec lumpy with 180 ish bhp
    Type 9 or rx8
    All with hilux rn25 diff and large single piece tailshaft modified


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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    A type 9 box that will hold 180hp and have a decent 1st gear will be ove £1k.

    Rx8 box (6 speed) is an Aisin az6 which is also in
    Rx8 - 230hp, 9k rpm, not much torque
    IS200 - 200hp more torque
    S15 200sx - 250hp turbo, lots or torque
    Gt86/brz - 170hp
    Mx5 mk3 - 170hp (and a Duratec engine but iirc box/engine are at a slight angle to each other)

    The reason for using the rx8 box is that it has the same input spline as Ford so can use stock clutches on the Zetec etc.

    So, I think the general consensus is that it is probably good for 250hp, 250ftlb, and 9k rpm. This will be more than most Zetec or Duratec can put out. Ratios form 2-6 are the same as the straight cut Quaife type 9 clubman but the rx8 is helical (quieter) handles marginally more power and is 1/10 the price.
    1968 Ford Anglia 1.7 Puma engine/Escort front/5 Link rear/RX8 box
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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    Thanks Ugg10

    i didn’t know that the rx8 box is the same as the mx5 series 3.
    Is that the nc mx5?
    Sounds like a nice cheap box to fit.
    Are most people having to open the top of their tunnels and keep the box raised to make the box fit and line up the output shaft and the centre of the diff?
    thabks for your input
    I had been told to go for the t5 box with a close ratio set and quick shift
    but one of these boxes may well be at least as good and easier to get parts

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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    Afaik and happy to be corrected, the mk3 nc mx5 2.0l is a Duratec engine the same as the ford minded/focus and has the aisin az6 box on the back of it but the engine and box are at an angle to each other which may make fitting interesting. As for parts, in the U.K. you can pick up an rx8 6 speed box for £100-200 so not even worth opening up to fix, just buy another and replace, whereas with a £1k-2k type 9 then it is a different matter.
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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    Quote Originally Posted by ugg10 View Post
    Afaik and happy to be corrected, the mk3 nc mx5 2.0l is a Duratec engine the same as the ford minded/focus and has the aisin az6 box on the back of it but the engine and box are at an angle to each other which may make fitting interesting.
    The mk3 mazda nc box does fit to the duratec and is at a 10deg angle as in the mx5 the engine is tilted. So in a ford you get an angled gearbox. Adjusting the lever I believe gets over this. This gearbox is distinctly different to the RX8 gear box from appearances etc. Placement of starter motor, slave cylinder. There is also a rarer 6 speed mx5 gearbox which is a lot bigger. I suspect this is why no one uses the rx8 box on a duratec as the starter that bolts to the engine on a duratec sits right in the slave cylinder of the RX8 box.

    I have both gearboxes so this is what I have seen so far.

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    rx8 gearbox?

    Wildo105

    So just to make 110% certain
    The rx8 box is not the same box as the mx5 6 speed?
    The mx5 6 speed is what Gordon Murray fitted to his duratec
    I’m just trying to work out what box they fitted to that car
    It would be great to hear that they are all the same box
    It’s not that they just have different bellhousings or something?


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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    Hi this is my take. They all have integral bellhousings so no swapping bellhousing etc. internally the MX5 6 speed may be the same as the RX8 but i do not know, but the bellhousing will be different. In the UK the 6 speed mx5 box is quite rare and a lot more expensive.

    The easiest way to fit a 6 speed to the duratec is the MX5 mk3 6 speed. They may be more available in AUS. This is only what i have found and worked out so far.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-MX5...CRMx:rk:7:pf:0

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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    Big, fat suckers ain't they!

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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    Anyone had a issue with the thrust bearing squealing due to always hitting the pressure plate it is a zetec with a Freddy plate and a zetec flywheel drilled for pinto clutch

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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    Anyone ever try the is200 box in the end?

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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    Quote Originally Posted by Turboman View Post
    Anyone had a issue with the thrust bearing squealing due to always hitting the pressure plate it is a zetec with a Freddy plate and a zetec flywheel drilled for pinto clutch
    I as above would also like an answer to this question as i have tried everything to stop it now running out of ideas ??

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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    Quote Originally Posted by reeswalding View Post
    I as above would also like an answer to this question as i have tried everything to stop it now running out of ideas ??
    You need to modify the pivot point on the gearbox as the thrust bearing is running hard against the clutch all the time

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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    What clutch and spigot bearing are you using

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    Hi I've just got one of your plates off ebay can you post a fitting guide for the xe like you have done for the ford engine
    Many thanks

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    Re : rx8 gearbox.
    i am using a 2lt zetec with a freddy plate and a retroford flywheel with a 2lt mondeo clutch and using the rx8 hydraulic slave cylinder.

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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    Has anyone moved their handbrake back in the escort when fitting the Rx8 box.

    I'm about to finish my tunnel welding etc and I just wondered what you guys have done. It's pretty close to the Rx8 gear lever, so I don't want to get it all sorted and then discover I need to take it all apart again to move the handbrake back
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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    Hi cananyone please explain the 15mm hole in the plate to the left of the hole for the top starter bolt . In the ebay add for this plate there is a bolt in place. Can someone who has done this conversion tell me what they have done .
    I have four bolts in place and woul like one more like in the picture in the add.
    Any advice would be much appreciated.

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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    I cut a section around the gear leaver hole and turned it around the same as you would for a T5 .
    The hand bake was fine were it was for me what engine are you running.

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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    Very old thread I know but did anyone manage to get the clutch to work ok using a cable from the rear with the mazda fork?

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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    Quote Originally Posted by TerryS View Post
    Very old thread I know but did anyone manage to get the clutch to work ok using a cable from the rear with the mazda fork?
    I'd be very interested in the answer to that.

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    Re: rx8 gearbox?

    I'd be very interested in the answer to that.
    Well as far as my efforts went the clutch was far too heavy so I gave up and replicated the original Ford set up

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