Tech Question - Quaife Gearbox QBE17Z

[MONTE 005]

Hi Guys,

any openion about these gearboxes ?

do they last long & wath sort of bhp do they handle?

are they popular ?

BR
chris

[Loader]

Not alot and No .

[cosmagedon]

Stay away from quaife gearkits is the general oppinion

[MONTE 005]

Wow ...... So that meens they brake out of strong wind :-(

[blacky]

go with bara or the other one cant remember the name but never heard anything good about the quaife

[mark shead]

I have found the later quaife 4wd gearbox's to be very good, the 2wd box's have been poor.

Mark

[MONTE 005]

The problem is that I'm looking to buy another escort for track days and hillclimb and found one on PH that has a quafe box and I was very tempted to buy it!

[MONTE 005]

I have found the later quaife 4wd gearbox's to be very good, the 2wd box's have been poor.

Mark

How will I know if it is the early or late 4 wd?

[mark shead]

How will I know if it is the early or late 4 wd?

I dont know when I spoke to quaife about there kit they said they change the heat treatment and shot peened them and diff gear material.
What hp is the car.

Mark

[MONTE 005]

It's running about 300 bhp at the moment

[MONTE 005]

?

[Loader]

300hp wont cause any issues.
If your not planning on running much more than 350hp even a standard box would be ok , so a quaife will manange no worries.

Iirc the quaife kits are rated to about 450hp .

[MONTE 005]

300hp wont cause any issues.
If your not planning on running much more than 350hp even a standard box would be ok , so a quaife will manange no worries.

Iirc the quaife kits are rated to about 450hp .

Thanks for the info loader!
Do you think it'll be very noisy?

[jimcallear]

If it's a track car or hill climb car will it matter if its noisy ???????

[MONTE 005]

If it's a track car or hill climb car will it matter if its noisy ???????

No not at all , just out of curiosity . For me the louder it is the more hard core and fun, one of the reasons I would install ALS is for the bom bom bang bang