RS200 gearbox.

[chuntington101]

what gearbox does the RS200 group B cars run?? how strong is it? are there any alternatives that will hold the insane power they make (850bhp in some casses!!!!)??

thanks Chris.

[Colin Gibson]

I think the likes of Martin Schanche who used to
run a 1000bhp RS200 in rallycross a while back
used an Xtrac gearbox. I remember he was at the back
of the grid in one race after an infringement and when
the lights changed he pulled onto the grass and passed
everyone before the first corner!!! He used to win crash
or break a driveshaft on the start line. great stuff.
Col

www.xtrac.com/mainindex.htm

[chuntington101]

thanks mate. couldn't find anything on there site!

is there an alternative if you want to run BIG power through a fwd tranny?? i here you can use a sktline box but how much torque can they take??

thanks CHris.

[Mr_C]

What car is the gearbox for?

[chuntington101]

im just nocking ideas about. lol

but would probably be in a ford cossy.

Chris.

[turbofrs]

As I understand the skyline box can take plenty, another one to look at is an early supra box for RWD.

[Matthew C]

As you know, the RS200 is rear engined, from which there is a drive shaft to the front of the car where the gearbox is, can't remember the exact position of the transfer box in relation to the gearbox though. So the gearbox from an RS200 probably wouldn't be suitable for a Cossy.

[chuntington101]

Matthew C said:

As you know, the RS200 is rear engined, from which there is a drive shaft to the front of the car where the gearbox is, can't remember the exact position of the transfer box in relation to the gearbox though. So the gearbox from an RS200 probably wouldn't be suitable for a Cossy.

see whatyour saying but surely you can swing the box through 180 degrees so its pointing the ohter way, then flip the diffs so everything still goes the right way!

also i have seen similar boxes to the cossy used in mid engined 4WD cars.

thanks Chris.

[Matthew C]

chuntington101 said:

Matthew C said:

As you know, the RS200 is rear engined, from which there is a drive shaft to the front of the car where the gearbox is, can't remember the exact position of the transfer box in relation to the gearbox though. So the gearbox from an RS200 probably wouldn't be suitable for a Cossy.

see whatyour saying but surely you can swing the box through 180 degrees so its pointing the ohter way, then flip the diffs so everything still goes the right way!

also i have seen similar boxes to the cossy used in mid engined 4WD cars.

thanks Chris.

I was thinking that on the cossy the gearbox is bolted to the engine via the bellhousing whereas the RS200 is going to have a shaft going into it. I could well be wrong about suitability BTW.

[blgdave]

My tuppence worth... Have you priced an RS200 gearbox lately?

[brucest170]

chuntington101 said:

im just nocking ideas about. lol

but would probably be in a ford cossy.

Chris.

you need to contact bob at rallye spares in peterborough , old school bloke with masses of knowledge also ther parts trani van was cosy powered,top bloke used his services when i was running a RS500 will put a cosy lump in any ford ....and even the odd kit car!

[gap351]

The rs 200 has a frount mounted trans axle made by hewland for ford it has a drive saft in and drive shaft out side by side as they only made 200 hundred of these cars im not sure where you would find one