Has anyone here had any experience using a dog engagement gearbox in a mini?

MED has a decent deal on at the moment - thinking of going this way for my race car project...

http://www.med-engineering.co.uk/catalo ... og-package

What class are you going to run in?

I use straight cuts in my cars - no issue so far (appart from blown diff)

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1964 Nb Race Car - big bore short stroke & lots of revs - Sold
1969 Mk2 Cooper S - First Car

Improved production up to 2L.

I have a friend who has just put a swiftune dogbox in his car. Engaging gears and changing is sooooo easy , taking off from the light is a little bit of a challange as first gear is very low ... if you can afford it spend the extra on the swiftune box ..


Beanie

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'65 NCF MINI.....
'69 MINIMATIC.... 9 year resto still on the go

Do you know why the Swiftune gearset is better than the MED one?

Because its made by quaife ..

MED do not say who make thier gears..
also the Swiftune Box uses Bronze selectors where the MED one is Aluminium .. But these are just my personal views
I would still buy pistons, Rods and Cranks from MED without hesitation but i do like to know where they are made ..

Beanie

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HOTBRICKS
http://hotbricks.org.au/

'65 NCF MINI.....
'69 MINIMATIC.... 9 year resto still on the go

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I find shifting with a dog box a little bit awkward...




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Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

Hi

Just had a reread of the thread - are there ratio changes in dog boxes or can you pick your ratios - so faster off the line etc - i suppose my question is - are dog boxes just a meshing difference (so for instance exactly same gear ratios as in a standard box but you can clutchlessly shift up) or is there more to it - no plans just interested

hee hee ,,, Arnold Schwarzenegger was talking about our 6-speed dog boxes here-->

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh9Gr8fhinI

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

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