Re: ZF 4-speed, T-boxes

"Austin Shackles" <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> 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.

I forgot about those, yes, I did have to use the LT230 propshafts as well
but apart from that everything did fit together like it was meant to.

Martin

>
> 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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