Casbar Posted April 18, 2001 Share Posted April 18, 2001 Is anyone running a 4 speed straight cut box. My standard 4 speed box on my x-flow is sick. I have been offered a 4 speed quaife straight cut box. How noisy is the box? What is the advantage over a standard box. Rgds, Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V7 SLR Posted April 18, 2001 Share Posted April 18, 2001 Reputedly stronger. Definately noisier, but so what? Chelspeed had a dog engaged one. See if he chips in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHRIS CLARK Posted April 18, 2001 Share Posted April 18, 2001 Casbar, I can't comment on a four speed, but last night Phil Stewart (Road & Race g/boxes) kindly took me out in his 5 sp straight cut box. OK, it's his car & he obviously does a damn fine job on g/boxes, but the thing sounded great; no brilliant. Noise really is not an issue unless you always have the hood up (why ?). I was expecting a lot of whine etc, but can honestly say that it really did not enter the equation!!! Certainly has changed my preconceived ideas against s/c boxesthumbsup.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefoster Posted April 18, 2001 Share Posted April 18, 2001 It's like everything as a passenger you don't notice things so much. The 5th gear whine on the 5 speeder is a bit loud. Especially at 50 - 60 mph. Use 4th and then into 5th at 60+ and you can barely here it. I would have liked whine on 1st - 4th and quiet in 5th but you get quiet in 4th instead. Now with the 4 speeder that is exactly what you get. Whine in 1st to 3rd and quiet in top. A friend in Sweden has the 4 speeder SC box in his Caterham and he loves it. Less power loss in the transmission with SC too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Haighton Posted April 18, 2001 Share Posted April 18, 2001 I can confirm previous posts - the 4 speed sc/cr box is noisy in 1st to 3rd (even noisier on over-run) and quiet in 4th. You'll need to give it some welly in 1st to get a quick start with out bogging down, but 2nd to 3rd and 3rd to 4th are just wonderful; the engine revs drop right into the torque band on a x-flow without having to rev the nuts off in the lower gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Haighton Posted April 18, 2001 Share Posted April 18, 2001 I can confirm previous posts - the 4 speed sc/cr box is noisy in 1st to 3rd (even noisier on over-run) and quiet in 4th. You'll need to give it some welly in 1st to get a quick start with out bogging down, but 2nd to 3rd and 3rd to 4th are just wonderful; the engine revs drop right into the torque band on a x-flow without having to rev the nuts off in the lower gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Haighton Posted April 18, 2001 Share Posted April 18, 2001 I can confirm previous posts - the 4 speed sc/cr box is noisy in 1st to 3rd (even noisier on over-run) and quiet in 4th. You'll need to give it some welly in 1st to get a quick start with out bogging down, but 2nd to 3rd and 3rd to 4th are just wonderful; the engine revs drop right into the torque band on a x-flow without having to rev the nuts off in the lower gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Haighton Posted April 18, 2001 Share Posted April 18, 2001 Oops - password errors = multiple posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V7 SLR Posted April 19, 2001 Share Posted April 19, 2001 4th is quiet because it's a 1:1 which means there's no actual gears involved. The two shafts are simply locked together. Same for 6th in a 6 speed box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivemac Posted April 21, 2001 Share Posted April 21, 2001 roberto " get yourself a 1.4k with a 6 speed box and sell the old postman pat xflow ;failing that i think i may have an old cortina at the bottom the garden with a 4 speeder in it MATE give me a reply ;ya tart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivemac Posted April 21, 2001 Share Posted April 21, 2001 roberto " get yourself a 1.4k with a 6 speed box and sell the old postman pat xflow ;failing that i think i may have an old cortina at the bottom the garden with a 4 speeder in it MATE give me a reply ;ya tart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivemac Posted April 21, 2001 Share Posted April 21, 2001 roberto " get yourself a 1.4k with a 6 speed box and sell the old postman pat xflow ;failing that i think i may have an old cortina at the bottom the garden with a 4 speeder in it MATE give me a reply ;ya tart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivemac Posted April 21, 2001 Share Posted April 21, 2001 roberto " get yourself a 1.4k with a 6 speed box and sell the old postman pat xflow ;failing that i think i may have an old cortina at the bottom the garden with a 4 speeder in it MATE give me a reply ;ya tart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivemac Posted April 21, 2001 Share Posted April 21, 2001 roberto " get yourself a 1.4k with a 6 speed box and sell the old postman pat xflow ;failing that i think i may have an old cortina at the bottom the garden with a 4 speeder in it MATE give me a reply ;ya tart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivemac Posted April 21, 2001 Share Posted April 21, 2001 roberto " get yourself a 1.4k with a 6 speed box and sell the old postman pat xflow ;failing that i think i may have an old cortina at the bottom the garden with a 4 speeder in it MATE give me a reply ;ya tart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivemac Posted April 21, 2001 Share Posted April 21, 2001 roberto " get yourself a 1.4k with a 6 speed box and sell the old postman pat xflow ;failing that i think i may have an old cortina at the bottom the garden with a 4 speeder in it MATE give me a reply ;ya tart Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivemac Posted April 21, 2001 Share Posted April 21, 2001 roberto " get yourself a 1.4k with a 6 speed box and sell the old postman pat xflow ;failing that i think i may have an old cortina at the bottom the garden with a 4 speeder in it MATE give me a reply ;ya tart Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivemac Posted April 21, 2001 Share Posted April 21, 2001 roberto " get yourself a 1.4k with a 6 speed box and sell the old postman pat xflow ;failing that i think i may have an old cortina at the bottom the garden with a 4 speeder in it MATE give me a reply ;ya tart Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivemac Posted April 21, 2001 Share Posted April 21, 2001 roberto " get yourself a 1.4k with a 6 speed box and sell the old postman pat xflow ;failing that i think i may have an old cortina at the bottom the garden with a 4 speeder in it MATE give me a reply ;ya tart Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casbar Posted April 22, 2001 Author Share Posted April 22, 2001 Clive, Glad to see you have mastered the art of computing. Unless you have forgotton, my x-flow with only 4 gears, managed to keep up with you a couple of Sunday's ago. At least mine starts every time!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewartG Posted April 22, 2001 Share Posted April 22, 2001 Mr Clive@cam I beleive you now hold the repeated post record. Well done. Can anyone beat this? Ten posts in Twelve minutes, I take my hat off to you. Edited by - stewartg on 22 Apr 2001 18:51:53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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