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Gearbox Ratios????

jollyroger

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Hi guys,

im after shorter gearing for my 19 16v ph2 are there any boxes out that would be a straight swap? Im using the car for sprinting so this would be an ideal route................................. i think!
 
not really

the lesser models work out about the same with their final drive ratio, they have shorter 1st and 2nd's though but that will take you further out of the power band when going to 3rd.

there is however a hell of a lot of weight you can dump on the 19's.
 
and sound deadening, wiring loom can be trimmed right down, various brackets, holes can be drilled all over the place.

Also, the cars probably down on power, 99.9999% are. Get it up to stock power, get it tracking true and remove any parasitic driveline issues (dodgy bearings, calipers etc)
 
Ive stripped the wiring loom to the bare min, sound deadening is out. Would the impact bars remove any stiffness out of the chassis? I had the car dyno'd at 140bhp, it could do with the tracking sorting though.
also, there is a board stuck to the roof, is this to keep the roof from sagging? or can this be ripped out.
 
the board is sound deadening, it normally drops off and jams the sunroof

how on earth could removing the door bars affect the chassis in any way except by reducing mass?

I've seen 1.2 corsas doing 140bhp though, unless thats at the wheels then thats pretty good, what have you done to get that?

A standard 16V in good nick will be putting out 120 - 125bhp at the wheels standard
 
Yeah it's 140 at the wheels, it s got a pipercross induction system with cold air feed. A full piper stainless system.
I thought the door bars would strengthen the doors, therfore the rest of the chassis........but hey im new to all this! looks like im getting the grinder out!
 
to get 140 at the wheels it needs a damn sight more than an induction kit and an exhaust. What else has it got?
 
that is all i have done to the car the bloke who had it before me said he had changed the cams while doing a rebuild but he seemed a bit of a bull-shitter so i didnt belive him.
 
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