what drop gears do you use ?
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Hey guys , so i wondering what drop gears people use . ive read through various build threads and i understand people use sc and helical gears , im planning on building a motor making around the 150 mark but i would like to be able cruise at times so was thinking of a 2.9 diff . where is it do you guys get your drops from or out which mini any help would be great guys

ollie

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SC drops are noisey, is short if you are going to use a std helical gearset use SC drops.

if you are going to use say a SC gearset say minispares clubman set use standard drops they will live and a lot less noisey

or you could just fit SC drops and SC gearset but IMO spend your money with the clubman set and use standard helical drops it will be much less noisey and you will have a better ratio of gears that std helical set

hope this helps

cheers for the reply benross i was looking at using the clubman gearset tbh

edit - i carnt see the poll scores for some reason :S

Edited by oliver122 on 4th Jun, 2014.

the prices are roughley the same.

IMO:- better to spend your money on a much better gearset ratio.

I've got a 23 tooth primary and 1st motion shaft (1:1), coupled with a clubman sc/cr gear set and its bloody loud. I can be heard from a long way!

If i were to do it again, i would try a 24 tooth set up, still (1:1), or a SC gear set and Helical drops. Im sure i've read somewhere that the MPI drops are the ones to use.

In short a full SC set up is far from ideal if you want a reasonable noise in car for cruising along.

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For road use minispares clubman gearset is the one to have.

I use helicals but dont use the car everyday so odds of them losing teeth are slim. F1 cars use helical gears in their gearboxes but I they don't have drop gears which are the weak point

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1:1 drop gears and MS clubman SC gearset with 3.2:1 final drive,

Little noisey put a pleasure to drive

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For a mild turbo road motor I'd go helical 1:1 drops, clubman SC gear set and a 3.2fd.

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sc drops noisy?.......
Never........

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scamp has MED floating sc drops and normal helical box with xpin diff 3.1
...but is v noisy due to not having inner wings or any sound deadening of any kind

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Does anyone know if I can rebuild a 1300gt gear set into an a plus case so I can use some a+ drops? As I already have the gear set it would make sense rather than buying a clubman gearset or buying a series drop gears when everything else I have is a+

So would the 2.9 be to tall then? And the 3.2 better suited , I would like to keep it nippy round town but also be a good cruiser

I have a 2.9 and ten inch wheels. Sc drops and ST ratio gears, mostly country roads where i live

will be but not ran with yet
SC clubman ratios and SC MED roller drops 2.9 diff and 12"

if its loud ill prob use a straight pipe with out a silencer/muff

only a weekend toy so not to fussed