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Hi all
I have recently bought a bought a 1979 Mini van (1293) with a turbo
technics t2 conversion. It has omega forged pistons , piper cam , duplex timing ,skimmed/polished metro turbo head etc.
Its running, so I'm told on 9psi of boost and putting out 111 lb of torque with a 114 bhp - all this is running on a standard j reg cooper gearbox which has now shit itself !!
I was planning to upgrade the box as soon as poss with something stronger, but sadly now its too late.
Now every time I speak to someone (friend/mechanic) they bombard me with endless possibilities (jack knight,tran x,salisbury etc)
any suggestions ? (budget £ 3000)
Cheers Jonnyjavascript:void(0)

hi there john and a warm welcome to turbo minis

best option here is.... minispares clubman gearset, minispares straight cut drop gear set 24 tooth and a minispares 4 pin diff and all new bearings , double roller mainshaft first motion shaft bearing and the 2 diff bearings,

job done!
that lot togeather with all the gaskets will set you back well under a grand!
most peeps on here run the above with power outputs well over 160 bhp with no problems.. hope this helps

Edited by BENROSS on 15th Jan, 2008.

If your budget is up to £3000 I would do as Benross suggests above but also add a Quaife ATB limited slip diff to your list in place of the 4 pinion diff. This is about £600 I believe, but a very worthwhile addition.

Many thanks for the feedback guys, much appreciated.

I wish I had £3000 to spend on a gearbox!

I take it that this is the Greyish coloured Van with the black revos.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Nearly.... white with black revos covered in a mass of magnatec !

Nice! From that I'd guess it has shit a diff pin then?

If you deffinately were going to stick to that boost/power, you could get away with standard gears and just a cross pin diff and straight cut drops. But if you must spend £3000, spend £1500 on the gearbox and make use of those forged pistons by getting a Benross head and turn the wick up!