Discussion
Thanks for the advice.
Whatever the problem is am I right in thinking its engine out and strip down rather than something that can be done with the unit still in the car ?
If it is gears, is there the possibilty of debris in the engine causing further damage . Who did your rebuild bert and how much?
To be honest I am a bit brutal with the gearbox, being more used to mk9 Hewlands so I think I have resigned myself to the worst!
The car is fitted with a flat shifter up, and down, whilst the upshift is great the down shift was always poor. The other strange thing is with the flat shifter connected the car looses all power after 3 laps (lydden] with the symptom of fuel starvation. disconnect the flat shifter and no problems .
I only use the car for sprints and trackdays so its great for sprints ...
Whatever the problem is am I right in thinking its engine out and strip down rather than something that can be done with the unit still in the car ?
If it is gears, is there the possibilty of debris in the engine causing further damage . Who did your rebuild bert and how much?
To be honest I am a bit brutal with the gearbox, being more used to mk9 Hewlands so I think I have resigned myself to the worst!
The car is fitted with a flat shifter up, and down, whilst the upshift is great the down shift was always poor. The other strange thing is with the flat shifter connected the car looses all power after 3 laps (lydden] with the symptom of fuel starvation. disconnect the flat shifter and no problems .
I only use the car for sprints and trackdays so its great for sprints ...
When my old ZZR gearbox exploded I picked up a second hand bottom end on ebay for £150, bolted my top onto it and job was a good'un and total bill was about £250. If you are in our neck of the woods (Gloucestershire) sure Neil at CMS will do the engine for you - http://www.coriniummotorsport.co.uk/
As for the other problem, could be the alternator isn't man enough to power the paddle shift and isn't charging the battery properly. What is the voltage on the battery before and after a race, wouldn't mind betting the voltage is down considerably after the race
As for the other problem, could be the alternator isn't man enough to power the paddle shift and isn't charging the battery properly. What is the voltage on the battery before and after a race, wouldn't mind betting the voltage is down considerably after the race
Well, I very nearly sent the unit back to radical as the labour for a 'box strip was 340 plus gaskets 100 plus parts plus vat. Now that didn't sound too bad . The pain was getting it there 2x 300 mile trips or carriage at 2x £100
Finaly found a highly recommended bike shop who does race bikes, charges £40 an hour plus all parts etc . stripped down and found .......... just a broken detent spring ! The bad news is he can't find the missing bit , we won't know how much is missing til the new one arrives . So far I think I've been quite lucky so I think a total strip to check for the missing bit would be warranted.
Rob, we had pondered over the eletrics but half dissmised it because we had run a camera which didn't cause any simmilar problem . I was thinking of rigging a voltmeter in just to check voltage when running , thanks for the thoughts .
Final question , the front sprocket was loose and is quite worn . The guy at the shop says he tried a kawazaki one but the offset was miles out . the car runs a reverser motor which I am not putting back on. I thought i had read on here that the bike ones fit? any input welcome .
Thanks
Finaly found a highly recommended bike shop who does race bikes, charges £40 an hour plus all parts etc . stripped down and found .......... just a broken detent spring ! The bad news is he can't find the missing bit , we won't know how much is missing til the new one arrives . So far I think I've been quite lucky so I think a total strip to check for the missing bit would be warranted.
Rob, we had pondered over the eletrics but half dissmised it because we had run a camera which didn't cause any simmilar problem . I was thinking of rigging a voltmeter in just to check voltage when running , thanks for the thoughts .
Final question , the front sprocket was loose and is quite worn . The guy at the shop says he tried a kawazaki one but the offset was miles out . the car runs a reverser motor which I am not putting back on. I thought i had read on here that the bike ones fit? any input welcome .
Thanks
Engine number will not always work as you can put the C output shaft into a D engine if you use some of the other gerbox bits.
May have been rebuilt with either in the past (as we found on the old clubsport)
The output shafts are different lengths, ie the need for the different sprocket, like Rob though cant remember which is which.
As rob says if one does not fit you need the other.
May have been rebuilt with either in the past (as we found on the old clubsport)
The output shafts are different lengths, ie the need for the different sprocket, like Rob though cant remember which is which.
As rob says if one does not fit you need the other.
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