JKD 5 speed Dog box?
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Just wanted to know if anybody had any experience of Jack Knight's latest 5 speed Mini dog box?

is it a direct top,?.


carl

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have contacted jkd several times about the box, it is a direct top ,i asked to be put in touch with someone who has bought one but they never got back to me ,are they still trading ?

Hello! Is that JKD gearbox worth of money or is it better to buy swiftune´s "swift shift" box on my street car.

Thanks
-TCC-

Looks like a copy of the KAD one from the drawings

On 5th Sep, 2011 Vegard said:
I stand corrected. You should know

i thought jkd had ceased trading

Persaonaly it's the Swift shift box all the way a 5 speed box with direct top is only really worth it for motorstort aplications. A more common 5 speeder for the road would be with an overdrive 5th.

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If it a'nt broke don't fix it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd go for the Swifty box, I love mine

Team Racing

I seriously doubt it!

so the 5 speed can withstand turbo power and torque? i had read and was under the impression they were alot weaker than the 4speed

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The old one was a POS - I know I ran one for 10 years

On 5th Sep, 2011 Vegard said:
I stand corrected. You should know

So what do You like med´s dog box gear set? Are Swifty still the better? And which is more suitable first gear 2,1 or 2,3?

Thanks
TCC

That depends what you FD is. I run a 2.1 with my 4.1 FD

Paul

I seriously doubt it!

Hello Paul!

Quite tall FD maybe 3,21.


TCC

Go for the 2.3 1st then, otherwise you wont pull away

Paul

I seriously doubt it!

how many people are running 5 speed box's with turbo motors? and how have they been

"Tuning should be a compromise between what is possible and what is necessary"

10)Thou shalt always quest for more power

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Hello again!

I have (huge) problem with swiftune... so


What do You like Med-engineerings "Med dog gear set"?



Cheers
TCC

MED's gearset is the MBE set, which is also the same as the sequential kit which nobody bought so they converted it to H pattern. The ones I've seen are ok, very simular to swiftune, it's a very positve gear change.

Team Racing

good info Jim!

I see the reverse is placed elsewhere on the MED setup, otherwise it looks quite similar to the Swifty kit. I am VERY pleased with how the gearchanges was on the swifty box, but I would advice you to have some kind of "lock" to avoid missing 3rd and hitting 1st. Nick adviced me to do this, and I quickly realised why. 10500+ rpm (the peg on my rev counter is at 10500 and it rested against it:)) in first sounded quite bad, but as I run the motorbike head, no real damage

so people are running 5 speed dog box's or 4speed with turbo app's? i like the idea of a 5speed box but each time i read somthing about a 5speed box everyone slates them, now in this thread it seems like they are being bigged up. its very vauge to me what gearbox your all on about.
so is a 5speed box for road/track use eg 5sp strait cut box any good or is it only the dog box for race use?.

yours p

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I have been talking about the 4 speed dog boxes, I'd love a 5 speed, but I doubt it woudl last a few laps on the track.

Team Racing

so they are alot weaker than the 4spd then? i geuss they are for high revving n/a motors?

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I run the Mini Spares 5 speed hele box in my road mini It has now covered just under 10,000 miles, It done 7,000 of them under a 100hp 1380 and has done the last 3,000 under a spice 998 about 65 hp apart from a problem with the nose bearing which was my own fault it has performed faultless, It is as strong as a standard 4 speed box if not a little stronger in construction the only slight flaw imo is the want the front of the lay shaft is supported otherwise an all round nice gearbox.