Is bus box up to job ?

[Steve C]

Hi

The ratios aren't that good for a street car. When you change to custom ratios to make it streetable the gear sets suffer, they loose strength by way of not having enough teeth and tooth depth. They are certainly stronger than a Type 1 box.

Steve

[alikatcraig]

Berg's have just posted an ad on Samba for their Bus 5 Speed for bug and split bus. May be of interest. I know Doug has raced his prototype bus 5 for the last 2 years without incident. The big motor puts out over 300HP. Looks nice too!

[split_trix]

Hi, by what STEVE C says below is there anyway of adjusting this or choosing different gear sets to improve the durability in shifting ?

chris

Originally Posted by Steve C

Hi

The ratios aren't that good for a street car. When you change to custom ratios to make it streetable the gear sets suffer, they loose strength by way of not having enough teeth and tooth depth. They are certainly stronger than a Type 1 box.

Steve

[alikatcraig]

If you have any questions on the Berg Bus 5 Speed either call Doug at Berg's, or Mike at Rancho (he's testing one in a street car).

[Bruce2]

Originally Posted by alikatcraig

... or Mike at Rancho (he's testing one in a street car).

Although Doug said Mike is testing a prototype in a street car, this is not true. Mike is waiting for a pre-production version to test.

[verbeekb]

I've only recently heard about the Berg Bus 5. What I like about it is that is strong and that is fits nicely, simple installation compared to a 901/914 or newer Porsche transmission. Gearing may be a costly issue though. It has a hypoid final drive, just like the 930.. Really not a bad transmission ..