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Petes MK1 Race Car - Can he fit a 6 speed Mk2 Gearbox?

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 8:10 pm
by MrChrome
Pete's latest idea is to fit a MK2/Mk2.5 6 Speed Gearbox in his MK1 race car.

Will it fit?

Re: Petes MK1 Race Car - Can he fit a 6 speed Mk2 Gearbox?

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 11:23 pm
by flea
I don't know if it does or not but are we talking about a 1.6 ?

Re: Petes MK1 Race Car - Can he fit a 6 speed Mk2 Gearbox?

Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 9:54 am
by Andrew
Yes, it will fit.

However to carry out a complete conversion he will need the plate between the engine & box from the 6-speed as there is a slight difference to one of the bolt holes for the starter.

Also ideally he'd use the MK2 starter as the MKI starter will only mount using 2 of the 3 bolts. The MK2 starter is lighter than the MK1 version which is useful in a race car.

The mechanical speedo drive needs to be moved from his old gearbox as the 6-speed has an electronic drive (easy job - 1 x bolt).

The connectors to one of the switches (neutral or reverse, I can't remember off hand) need to be changed to a different type, again an easy job.

Re: Petes MK1 Race Car - Can he fit a 6 speed Mk2 Gearbox?

Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 12:42 pm
by Colin S
And before he does anything he needs to check the race series regs to make sure a 6 speed box is allowed.