Mcalvert

No Problem Andy. So I am sure though and do not double count, did you send me an e-mail from the address S*****b@aol.com?

Thanks & Regards,

Michael.

Quick update -

Matt at Quaife was supposed to be checking availabilty with the parts manager yesterday and coming back to me. He hasn't ☹️

I sent him a chasing e-mail at lunchtime and hope that by monday we will have an answer.

Regards - Michael.

Still waiting for quote from Quaife. Will let you know when they come back to me.

Regards - Michael.

Fantastic - YHM!

Michael.

As per the title - doesn anyone have a spare central mirror stem for an SPA mirror available?

I know that a few people have gone for shorter/longer stems, and might have a spare knocking around?

Thanks!

Michael.

OK - Quaife are preparing me a formal quote, then we should be good to go.

Peter - where dod you find the reference QMAMCS? I cannot see it in their catalogue, but have asked them for their best price as part of this overall buy.

Regards,

Michael.

OK – new Summary of who wants what.

I propose to put a deadline of next Monday evening to close this. After this time, I will talk again with Quaife to see what deal we can get on the lids with the number of requests that we have. I will then request cheques for the appropriate value and place the order when I have these.

I believe the current interest to be as follows. Any changes/additions, please let me know.

Barry Train CONFIRMED - 1 x Alloy Gearbox case QMAMC5

Norman Verona CONFIRMED 1 x Alloy Gearbox case QMAMC5

Simon Bell CONFIRMED 1 Alloy Gearbox case QMAMC5 and 1 x Lid

Myself CONFIRMED 1x Alloy Gearbox case QMAMC5 and 1x Lid

David Chesney AWAITING CONFIRMATION 1 x Alloy Gearbox case QMAMC5

Nick D CONFIRMED 1x Alloy Gearbox case QMAMC5

Luke Beaumont CONFIRMED 1x Lid ONLY

Regards,

Michael.

Ok - just waiting for re-confirmation from David and we will be good to go.

David - if you could please drop me a note confirming that you are still interested, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks - Michael.

(As posted on ChitChat sorry for duplication)

Ok - This is starting to look good.

So far, we have interest from the following - each interested in 1 x Quaife Ford Sierra alloy main case (5 sp) part number QMAMC5 as seen on page 16 of Quaife's catalogue here

Barry Train

Norman Verona

Simon Bell

David Chesney

Myself

I would appreciate if you could re-confirm your interest in this to my home e-mail address which is michael_calvert@dsl.pipex.com

If everyone confirms, we are ready to go. Based on this I'll confirm the order with Quaife and request a cheque for the value. This will then just leave the question of shipping to be resolved.

if anyone else is interested in joining this bulk buy, please let me know ASAP.

Best regards,

Michael.

Fit an alloy bellhousing? Quite a few kg saved for not too much money?

Replace the clutch as you suggested.

Clean the engine bay whild you have got good accesss.

Oh, and if you are RAELLY bored while waiting for the engine to come back as I was, polish the exhaust!

Michael.

Michael.

Right - here's the deal and it looks like a good one!

The Alloy casing which saves 4.5kg is normally £345, they are willing to offer for £276 if we can get 5 orders together.

The Layshaft which I believe is also required is normally £45 but they will offer for £36, again for a minimum order of 5.

The Top cover which they recommend for additional strength they will reduce from £58 to £46.40 for 5.

All of this is plus VAT and delivery to be discussed.

Full details are on Page 16 of Quaife's catalogue - here

We have 4 people interested so far. Anyone else?

Regards - Michael.

Right - that's 4 potential takers already. I'll give Quaife a call tomorrow and have a chat with them.

Regards,

Michael.

Good suggestion Simon - I'll start a new thread to see who else would be interested.

For me, the Quaife casinmg makes a lot of sense. It's not an AWFUL lot of money when rebuilding the gearbox anyway, and it's a very useful weight saving and a lovely and strong piece of kit.

Regards,

Michael.

Sounds like the symptoms which I had a couple of years ago on the way to Le Mans. Turned out to be the coil as suggested above.

A replacement from a French Scrappie cleared the problem for good!

Michael.

Hello All,

I am planning on having my gearbox upgraded by BGH over the winter and on going to the Quaife Alloy case as a weight saving measure at the same time.

AMMO managed to get a good deal on a bulk buy of the Quaife alloy cases last year. Is there anyone else interested in clubbing together and going for another bulk buy? I would be happy to arrange this if there is the interest.

Regards,

Michael.

Mike Riley (Metal Mickey) is a master craftsman who has made the ali wings and nose on his car (and restores some SERIOUS historic machinery). He could be a good person to talk to.

Michael.

Norman,

I am also hoping to buy an Ali gearbox case from Quaife in the next couple of months. I was considering seeing if anyone else was interested to get a bulk buy going as AMMO had some considerable success last year doing the same. What are your timescales?

Regards - Michael.

If you don;t mind my asking, did they give you a price?

Michael.

Paul,

If you did get them to make you a taller one and you didn;t want your standard one, I'd be interested in buying it from you...

Michael.

Pop rivetted to the front of the passenger footwell is the classis place. Is that not available for you?

Regards Michael.

We're all hailing the ale

Wot no Stella?!!

You didn't leave the handbrake on did you?

[ahem] a "friend" I know did that and had LOTS of smoke :-)

Michael.

Dear All,

I would appreciate your help in choosing the best options for gearbox ratios when I have the gearbox hopefully rebuilt by BGH at the end of the year. This is a long message but please read on as I would really appreciate some input to help me make the right decisions.

The car is a 1700 Crossflow on a 244 cam with approx 155 BHP – It is rev-limited at 7300 and gives peak power around 7000 (I believe). It only really comes on cam at 4000 revs. I have the standard 3.92 diff and run 185/60R13 tyres.

I have the standard 5 speed box, which I believe has the following ratios;

1st 3.360

2nd 1.810

3rd 1.260

4th 1:1

5th 0.825

Playing with Gearcalc gives the following results for the set-up as it is today:

Gear Mph per 1000 RPM Mph @7000 RPM Mph @7300 RPM

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1 4.91 34 36

2 9.12 64 67

3 13.09 92 96

4 16.50 115 120

5 20.00 140 146

Mph RPM (in Gears)

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1 2 3 4 5

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5 1018 549 382 303 250

10 2036 1097 764 606 500

15 3055 1646 1146 909 750

20 4073 2194 1527 1212 1000

25 5091 2743 1909 1515 1250

30 6109 3291 2291 1818 1500

35 7128 3840 2673 2121 1750

40 4388 3055 2424 2000

45 4937 3437 2727 2250

50 5485 3818 3030 2500

55 6034 4200 3334 2750

60 6582 4582 3637 3000

65 7131 4964 3940 3250

70 5346 4243 3500

75 5728 4546 3750

80 6109 4849 4000

85 6491 5152 4250

90 6873 5455 4500

95 7255 5758 4750

100 6061 5000

105 6364 5250

110 6667 5500

115 6970 5750

120 7273 6000

125 6250

130 6500

135 6750

140 7000

145 7250

Gear Change RPM drop (change @7000) RPM drop (change @7300)

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1 -> 2 -3229 (to 3771) -3368 (to 3932)

2 -> 3 -2127 (to 4873) -2218 (to 5082)

3 -> 4 -1444 (to 5556) -1506 (to 5794)

4 -> 5 -1225 (to 5775) -1277 (to 6023)

What I am looking for is a better spread of gears low down (car gets used for sprinting) but still to maintain reasonable road manners for touring as we do 8-10K miles a year.

Is the RMP drop the best figure to monitor when choosing the ratios? I guess that I am looking for each drop to put me back in the power band? Assuming that this is the correct approach, what is the logic behind the number of revs dropped decreasing at each step as you move through the gears? I am sure that this is for a good reason, but I am having trouble getting my head around it!

The best option seems to be what BGH calls the E7 box which gives me the following choices:

1st 2.66 or 2.75

2nd 1.750

3rd 1.260

4th 1:1

5th 0.82, 0.84, 0.86. 0.89

My best guess for a choice would be as below which would give the following figures.

1st 2.75

2nd 1.750

3rd 1.260

4th 1:1

5th 0.86

However, this is built on gut feel rather than real logic so any comments and things to consider in making this choice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks –

Michael.

Gear Mph per 1000 RPM Mph @7000 RPM Mph @7300 RPM

--------------------------------------------------------

1 6.00 42 44

2 9.43 66 69

3 13.09 92 96

4 16.50 115 120

5 19.18 134 140

Mph RPM (in Gears)

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1 2 3 4 5

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5 833 530 382 303 261

10 1667 1061 764 606 521

15 2500 1591 1146 909 782

20 3334 2121 1527 1212 1042

25 4167 2652 1909 1515 1303

30 5000 3182 2291 1818 1564

35 5834 3712 2673 2121 1824

40 6667 4243 3055 2424 2085

45 4773 3437 2727 2346

50 5303 3818 3030 2606

55 5834 4200 3334 2867

60 6364 4582 3637 3127

65 6894 4964 3940 3388

70 5346 4243 3649

75 5728 4546 3909

80 6109 4849 4170

85 6491 5152 4431

90 6873 5455 4691

95 7255 5758 4952

100 6061 5212

105 6364 5473

110 6667 5734

115 6970 5994

120 7273 6255

125 6516

130 6776

135 7037

140 7297

Gear Change RPM drop (change @7000) RPM drop (change @7300)

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1 -> 2 -2545 (to 4455) -2655 (to 4645)

2 -> 3 -1960 (to 5040) -2044 (to 5256)

3 -> 4 -1444 (to 5556) -1506 (to 5794)

4 -> 5 -980 (to 6020) -1022 (to 6278)

How do you overfill the diff please? I thought that you just filled it through the bolt hole until it would not take any more and peed out everywhere? I'm not sure that I have a breather pipe - do I?

BTW car is a 1992 De Dion.

Thanks! Michael.