Re: ZF 4-speed, T-boxes

On or around Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:29:28 +0100, Austin Shackles
<austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> enlightened us thusly:

>
>Anyone know if the (assumed, not checked) LT230 from a G-reg 5-speed 110
is
>a bolt-on swap for the borg-warner on an ex-rangie ZF 4HP22?
>
>it's not mission-critical, and it might be that the T-box is in no better
>shape than the main box.
>
>I've spotted the above-mentioned 110 for sale, and I reckon I can get it
>cheap as the main box is noisy as ****, as Nige would doubltess say :-)
>
>So happens I have an unemployed ZF in "my" 110, which has a shagged
chassis.
>I smell a plan coming together, provided the bank will play ball.

Thanks all.

The reason for the question is that to fit the BW T-box on my 110 required
the rear propshaft to be 2" longer, and it was never balanced right after
that.

Given the option (i.e. a motor with a shagged LT77 but a good LT230) I
might
stick with the LT230 and standard propshafts.

I'm assuming, of course, that a V8 G plate 110 has indeed got the
LT77/LT230
combo in it, it's certainly a 5-speeder and has reverse in
left-and-forward
position.

Lower geared is not altogether a bad thing either.  Past experience is
that
TC stall is about 1800 on the ZF 4HP22 ex-rangie, and that, with the
rangie
gearing in a 110, made for a lot of use of kickdown, at least with the gas
setup I had on it before.  However, the 110 I've got me eye on (bank
permitting) has a sod-off Holley carb on it, so might make more torque.  
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