sequential six speed gearbox

marc556 · 08-01-2005

What do you thing about this gearbox??
http://www.quaife.co.uk/catalogue/page26.htm

RallyBob · 08-01-2005

Originally Posted by marc556

What do you thing about this gearbox??
http://www.quaife.co.uk/catalogue/page26.htm

Expensive....but very nice.

DaveJ · 08-01-2005

Yes, I have the 5 speed version with overdrive 5th. Very nice, very expensive and very noisy, being straight cut, and dog engagement.

The good side is you can go up the box without using the clutch. Full throttle gear changes are possible if your engine management has a suitable input. You can attach it to an Opel CIH engine, using a 4sp alloy bell housing and a 1" thick spacer plate between gearbox and bell housing.

petrieopel · 08-01-2005

You have a sequential gearbox in your Opel? Was it hard to install?
Trent

RallyBob · 08-01-2005

Here you go, direct from Dave's own webpage:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.j...01_changes.htm

DaveJ · 08-02-2005

And the spacer between the gearbox and the bell housing is pictured at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.j...00_changes.htm.

marc556 · 08-02-2005

Hi Dave,

It's very nice !
My problem is:
I want to keep the gear stick in the original position.
the distance between the motor and the stick is +- 515 mm.
If the command is hydraulic, you can put the stick where you want.
But is it like this????

DaveJ · 08-02-2005

No, it isn't hydraulic.

But you can get the gearbox with the stick located in 2 or 3 different places. You can also buy the gearbox with a short or long input shaft.

davegt27 · 08-05-2005

Where did you get the adapter plate?

i picked up a T-9 a some years back out of a Merkur XR4Ti and i was promised a trace of an adapter plate that came out of England but that was like 4 or 5 years ago

i had be thinking of using the T-9 case and just getting the Quaife gear set for it

thanks
Davegt27

DaveJ · 08-05-2005

It came out of an old Manta B rally car, fitted with a Ford T9 gearbox, behind a 2.0L CIH engine.

It must have been machined up by someone, but I don't know who.

It is the only one I have ever seen, but then I've never seen another Opel with a T9 gearbox fitted, except mine.

Apart from the plate, a small amount of welding is needed on the alloy 4 speed bell housing, so that decent sized holes can be drilled and tapped for the fixing bolts.

It should be pretty easy to copy from the pics on my web site, if the fabricator has a T9, a 4 speed bell housing, and an old CIH block to work with.

The machining part is just so the plate misses the housing for the front bearing on the T9 input shaft.

08-01-2005	#1 (permalink)
marc556 Opeler Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bastogne Belgium Posts: 124	Unanswered: sequential six speed gearbox What do you thing about this gearbox?? http://www.quaife.co.uk/catalogue/page26.htm __________________ Marc, The VW killer

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marc556 Opeler Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bastogne Belgium Posts: 124	Hi Dave, It's very nice ! My problem is: I want to keep the gear stick in the original position. the distance between the motor and the stick is +- 515 mm. If the command is hydraulic, you can put the stick where you want. But is it like this???? __________________ Marc, The VW killer

08-05-2005	#10 (permalink)
DaveJ Opeler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 27	It came out of an old Manta B rally car, fitted with a Ford T9 gearbox, behind a 2.0L CIH engine. It must have been machined up by someone, but I don't know who. It is the only one I have ever seen, but then I've never seen another Opel with a T9 gearbox fitted, except mine. Apart from the plate, a small amount of welding is needed on the alloy 4 speed bell housing, so that decent sized holes can be drilled and tapped for the fixing bolts. It should be pretty easy to copy from the pics on my web site, if the fabricator has a T9, a 4 speed bell housing, and an old CIH block to work with. The machining part is just so the plate misses the housing for the front bearing on the T9 input shaft. Last edited by DaveJ; 08-05-2005 at 03:55 PM.

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08-01-2005	#3 (permalink)
DaveJ Opeler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 27	Yes, I have the 5 speed version with overdrive 5th. Very nice, very expensive and very noisy, being straight cut, and dog engagement. The good side is you can go up the box without using the clutch. Full throttle gear changes are possible if your engine management has a suitable input. You can attach it to an Opel CIH engine, using a 4sp alloy bell housing and a 1" thick spacer plate between gearbox and bell housing.

08-01-2005	#4 (permalink)
petrieopel Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bonney Lake, WA Posts: 255	You have a sequential gearbox in your Opel? Was it hard to install? Trent

08-02-2005	#6 (permalink)
DaveJ Opeler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 27	And the spacer between the gearbox and the bell housing is pictured at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.j...00_changes.htm.

08-02-2005	#8 (permalink)
DaveJ Opeler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 27	No, it isn't hydraulic. But you can get the gearbox with the stick located in 2 or 3 different places. You can also buy the gearbox with a short or long input shaft.

08-05-2005	#9 (permalink)
davegt27 Certified Opelholic Join Date: May 2002 Location: Aurora, CO Posts: 936 Real Name: joe blow Provided Answers: 1	Where did you get the adapter plate? i picked up a T-9 a some years back out of a Merkur XR4Ti and i was promised a trace of an adapter plate that came out of England but that was like 4 or 5 years ago i had be thinking of using the T-9 case and just getting the Quaife gear set for it thanks Davegt27

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