You can add; close ratio gears from England, hardened lay shaft, custom
made laygear with double length high speed roller bearings at both
ends, REM treating of all moving parts, race prepared 'J' type
overdrive, modified mounting brackets, etc.
Allen
On Mar 8, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Bill Babcock wrote:
> Pretty easy really. start with dog box guts. there goes three grand.
> After that the rest is easy. bigger bearings, expert assembly (not
> me), etc.
>
> Or you can start with "original" guts and have everything blueprinted,
> do a bunch of machining to upgrade all the undersized bearings, source
> gears to build a close ratio box. By the time you finish that you'll
> be at least three grand into it as well.
> On Mar 8, 2008, at 8:19 AM, Greg - Lunker Hilyer wrote:
>
>>> I wouldn't be surprised to
>>> find I have four to five grand in each.
>>
>> I'm curious, where does one put $5000 in a TR gearbox? Use it to
>> papier-mbchi the case for strength? Perhaps laminate C-notes into a
>> semi-rigid trans mount?
>> Just kidding... sort of.
>> Greg "Lunker" Hilyer
>> TR4 #314
>> Albuquerque NM
>
> Bill Babcock
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