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[vini]

Looking good.

All the small block castings are pretty much the same.

Whats the gearbox number?

More importantly, where did you get it from?

Chris

i need to give the box a good degreasin before i go searching for numbers. it was stripped off a 1.5 corsa td so im hoping its the original box lol Dean

[GreaseMonkey]

Will be W355

[Burnard]

I thought W355 was a 1.3td, or is it not an F17?

What ever it is its bound to be better than your old one.

I guess im stuck with ebay for my box never used ebay before

[vini]

bit more progress block stripped of old paint.first a base coat of primer,then the gloss black goes on.


some damage i discovered when inspecting the pistons.so while i got one piston out for replacement i might aswell replace all the big end bearings.so they were ordered yesterday Dean

[vini]

Will be W355

spent the afternoon cleaning my gearbox and came across this number.box came off a corsa 1.5td. can anyone confirm that this is a diesel box? its a completley different number from my old box,which is a good sign

[Burnard]

looks like an F13, Most probably has come off a desiel.

assuming your rev limit is 6000rpm, and that the box is what i think it is.

Speed @ Limit 1st 24.51 Mph

Speed @ Limit 2nd 44.39 Mph

Speed @ Limit 3rd 66.93 Mph

Speed @ Limit 4th 97.77 Mph

Speed @ Limit 5th 122.55 Mph

70 comes in at about 3400 rpm in 5th.

Edited by Burnard, 12 December 2010 - 05:14 PM.

[Gingernet]

Means you have a 3.94 Diff with a Wide gear set. That will probably mean a 1.96 second gear.

I know this as I used to use a Nova in Stock Car racing, hence why I know the 2nd gear ratios

This may also help -

c=close ratio w=long
Most common in nova/corsa is gonna be 4.1 Diff/1.96 2nd gear, some of the early 1000cc/1200cc used 3.7 Diff with the 2.2 2nd or the odd 4.3 Diff corsa
The only way to find out is to take the gear cluster out as as someone may have changed the internals during the cars life. Or the Stock car boys may have nicked them !!

Here is a list of diffs - The number of notches in the end of the crown wheel gear on the Diff will identify it.

6 NOTCH 3:5
5 NOTCH 3.7.7
3 NOTCH 3.9.4
0 NOTCH 4.1.8
1 NOTCH 4.2.2
2 NOTCH 4.5

[vini]

thank god all this snow is now gone.managed to get out and have a few hours in the drive with vini.today i fitted the poly carb windows i purchased off mini man dan.stripped all of the electric window motors out and cut out any metal that wasnt need from the doors so must have shaved a kilo or two off the weight today.carbon fibre door panels next Dean

[charie t]

Means you have a 3.94 Diff with a Wide gear set. That will probably mean a 1.96 second gear.

Not wanting to disagree as i don't know vauxhall stuff, but google searches keeps bringing up a F17 with that code

Edited by charie t, 01 January 2011 - 08:17 PM.

[vini]

Means you have a 3.94 Diff with a Wide gear set. That will probably mean a 1.96 second gear.

Not wanting to disagree as i don't know vauxhall stuff, but google searches keeps bringing up a F17 with that code

box is stamped f13

[Burnard]

I do like those windows ACW do great quality stuff.

Let me know how practical they are. Might ******* me off trying to go though a drive though, would be funny as anything though!

[vini]

I do like those windows ACW do great quality stuff.

Let me know how practical they are. Might ******* me off trying to go though a drive though, would be funny as anything though!

im not planning on putting vini back on the road until march/april,but i cant see me getting anything bigger than a cheeseburger through there lol.yep the quality is fantastic,well chuffed Dean

[Burnard]

Ill either be swapping to that type, or MK1 style, edging towards mk1 at the moment because of the practicality.


How much power u expecting from that enigne once your done?

[mini_mad69]

Selling the electric windows bits? I will deffo take them!


Windows look spot on aswell.

[Colliazz]

Dean had a nice delivery earlier today. nice pair of carbon fibre door cards. fair play they look mint