gearboxes from rovers

1. citroenaxgtr Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2006 swansea United Kingdom (Wales) Posts: 895 citroen ax vtr

   #1 17th March 2006, 02:43

   ive read a thread on ssc and found talk about the MA gearbox fitted to metros and smaller powered k series engines. but the bigger powered engines have a PG1 type gearbox for handling higher torque. i didnt quite catch if this was a reversable thing meaning with the correct bell housing you could fit the PG1 gearbox to the TU series engine. what are your guesses?.. im not sure but when i had my rover and i took the engine out, the gearbox looked the same as cit/pug boxes and i cant remember where the starter motor was mounted..
   so do anybody have any idea`s on this one?..
   im sure some of you charged fellas will have some clue to this, so whats the score?.
2. woodsy Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2006 area 51, navada desert Posts: 2809 mk1 1998 silver saxo vts

   #2 17th March 2006, 02:48

   i know the bell housing can be changed to another box but cant remember which one
3. citroenaxgtr Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2006 swansea United Kingdom (Wales) Posts: 895 citroen ax vtr

   #3 17th March 2006, 03:00

   come on now woodsy, think back!. you must remember!..
4. citroenaxgtr Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2006 swansea United Kingdom (Wales) Posts: 895 citroen ax vtr

   #4 18th March 2006, 02:13

   anyone else have any clues?.
5. Bissee_99 Regular Poster Joined: May 2005 Solihull United Kingdom (England) Posts: 311 Mk1 VTR

   #5 20th March 2006, 01:52

   The PG1 box was never stadard in a metro, although i know people who have put them in paired up to a 1.8 engine to help get the power down as 160bhp in a car that weighs less than a saxo is difficult! As far as im aware most K-series engines had the r65 box, just with a variety of ratio's. But some of the VVC's did have the PG1! But it isnt a straight swap from a r65 to a pg1!