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(Message started by: philipcurtis100 on Mar 18^th, 2009, 10:18pm)

Title: cosworth manual
Post by philipcurtis100 on Mar 18^th, 2009, 10:18pm

I want to make my cossie a manual just wanted to ask the pros ;) what i need i have a transit gearbox that i may use just wondered if anyone has changed one any help much appreciated :)

Title: Re: cosworth manual
Post by gozz on Mar 18^th, 2009, 11:52pm

I think Highlander has done this,he will be a mine of information !
GOZZ.

Title: Re: cosworth manual
Post by Highlander on Mar 19^th, 2009, 4:00pm

Not done it yet but got all the bits ;)

Matt's further on with his I think.

Dont think your transit gearbox will be any good as its too wide for the manifolds/cats and they'd need extended outwards, you'd need an adaptor plate made or sell your soul to the devil and ask for a Transit ambulance V6 adaptor plate :) so you need some serious mods to make it work.

At least thats what the Transit guys have to do when fitting the 24v in a Transit, even if you did those mods I dont think it would fit the Scorpio engine bay and your Transit gearbox would be too short.. major work to use it i think but nothing's impossible :D

Normal way to do it is to use the bellhousing off a sierra 2.9 4x4 mated to the rear end of an MT75 box (Scorpio diesel or late 2.3's have the best ratio) that will fit straight onto your 24v block.

You also need

the manual prop,
cosworth clutch,
Sierra/Granada manual Pedal box

and some fancy wiring ;)

Will have a look for some of the old threads

Title: Re: cosworth manual
Post by Highlander on Mar 19^th, 2009, 4:02pm

Here ya go :)

http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=Advice;action=display;num=1199967540

Title: Re: cosworth manual
Post by Highlander on Mar 19^th, 2009, 4:07pm

And another one in a slightly similar vein ;)

http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=OT;action=display;num=1236797813

Title: Re: cosworth manual
Post by philipcurtis100 on Mar 19^th, 2009, 7:52pm

bet u cant gess what im puttin it in ;D ;D

Title: Re: cosworth manual
Post by philipcurtis100 on Mar 19^th, 2009, 7:54pm

bet u cant gess what im puttin it in ;D ;D well want to put it in i will figure it out
thanks for the help by the way :)

Title: Re: cosworth manual
Post by gozz on Mar 19^th, 2009, 8:03pm

Phil.
Go on let us into the secret ;) is it an Anglia with slopey back window ? or could it be something so low that your arris is in danger of scraping on the road ? 8)
GOZZ.

Title: Re: cosworth manual
Post by philipcurtis100 on Mar 19^th, 2009, 8:15pm

dunno bout so low it likes to rust so ur arris may still touch the road

Title: Re: cosworth manual
Post by philipcurtis100 on Mar 19^th, 2009, 8:20pm

put it this way it should be good power to weight ratio ;D ;D

Title: Re: cosworth manual
Post by philipcurtis100 on Mar 20^th, 2009, 4:09pm

a mini ;D ;D ;D
it will sound good a mini cosworth

Title: Re: cosworth manual
Post by Highlander on Mar 20^th, 2009, 4:15pm

Heres one, older Granada engine but similar

http://www.v6mini.co.uk/

Also been a few done with the YB engine (Sierra/Escort) which I would think would be a better option, theres a lot of weight in these V6's especially for a mini :)

Good luck lol

Title: Re: cosworth manual
Post by philipcurtis100 on Mar 22^nd, 2009, 8:32pm

thanks

Title: Re: cosworth manual
Post by Matt on Mar 23^rd, 2009, 6:05pm

heya

not sure a transit box will work but you never know, if its' a type 9 or mt75 then it should be ok

what do you plan to run the engine on loom wise?

Title: Re: cosworth manual
Post by philipcurtis100 on Mar 23^rd, 2009, 7:14pm

its an mt75 im planning on taking the loom off the scorpio cosworth i have
also brakes an anythin else i fancy im thinkin 2.3 manual box and a sierra 4x4 bellhousing

Title: Re: cosworth manual
Post by Matt on Mar 23^rd, 2009, 8:58pm

if you use the 2.3 box make sure its the latter type with the same 5th gear ratio as the diesel mt75, its much better,

if you use the scorpio stuff them you'll either need to bypass the pats system or bung in all of the scorpios wiring

Title: Re: cosworth manual
Post by philipcurtis100 on Mar 23^rd, 2009, 9:01pm

ok thanks for the advice