Gary Taylor Posted March 28, 2020 Posted March 28, 2020 Welcome and that’s a Lovely looking car 1 Quote
Mole Posted March 28, 2020 Posted March 28, 2020 Just keep the oil level well topped up especially if running on track.. You will really enjoy it..when we all get free again! Quote
Mole Posted March 29, 2020 Posted March 29, 2020 Rednop..just for interest why not Mazda gearbox? It's just I thought the duratec was designed by mazda and also had a similar bolt pattern..so would fit....?? Quote
Steve (sdh2903) Posted March 29, 2020 Posted March 29, 2020 6 minutes ago, Mole said: Rednop..just for interest why not Mazda gearbox? It's just I thought the duratec was designed by mazda and also had a similar bolt pattern..so would fit....?? Yes bolts straight up. Mk3 mx5 box to duratec. However most did use the mct75. Easy to tell either the engine or the gearbox will be canted over by 10 degrees. The mx5 is a much better box. Quote
Rob Hunter - Club Secretary Posted March 29, 2020 Posted March 29, 2020 Welcome from South Derbyshire! I live 2 miles from Toybox (3 kilometers in euro speak!), that's where I got my current westie from 👍 1 Quote
Woolley Posted March 30, 2020 Author Posted March 30, 2020 Happy to report it has a Mazda box 🙃 Did I mention I cant wait to pick it up! haha Quote
Martin Letts - Joint Hampshire & IOW AO Posted March 30, 2020 Posted March 30, 2020 Welcome to the madhouse! Quote
Rednop1 Posted March 30, 2020 Posted March 30, 2020 8 hours ago, Woolley said: Happy to report it has a Mazda box 🙃 Did I mention I cant wait to pick it up! haha Glad you checked up on the gearbox the only reason I asked is the car looks a pretty standard factory supplied kit and Westfield never supplied a duratec with a mazda gearbox they only did them with a mct75 or if you purchased a 2000s the early ones came with a elite gearbox which were made of chocolate and some of the later ones were fitted with a quaife gearbox but it is a kit car so could have been changed at any point do you know what version of the mazda gearbox is fitted? I'm really interested as its fits down the transmission tunnel really well and the engine is sitting in the standard position and has the transmission tunnel been modified at all to get the mazda gearbox to fit ? Quote
Woolley Posted March 31, 2020 Author Posted March 31, 2020 For want of a better word... BLAST! I was wrong it is a mct75... should I be worried? Quote
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