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Mieran

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18th Jan 11 at 17:35

Can you not fit F23s to these?

Joe

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18th Jan 11 at 17:45

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Originally posted by Joe
23k is unexcusable Ollie, no? I'd be fuming if my gearbox packed up after 23,000 miles.

m8..

Ojc

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18th Jan 11 at 17:55

Yeah disgraceful mate.

John

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18th Jan 11 at 18:09

You'd be disgraced at how bad a driver you were to blow it up after 23k.

Warren G

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18th Jan 11 at 18:16

drivers fault.

driver abuse - warranty invaild

SportBoy

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18th Jan 11 at 18:18

seen plenty of stuffed m32s through a friends gearbox place, think its one of the main bearings that collapse and throw the mainshaft out of line which shears the teeth off the gears.

plenty of other shit gearboxes out there tho not just gm ones.

[Edited on 18-01-2011 by SportBoy]

Chris C

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18th Jan 11 at 18:27

Hopefully caught mine soon enough so it won't cost me the earth. Fingers crossed

MarkM

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18th Jan 11 at 20:18

How many of these have had tuning boxes fitted?

Ian

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18th Jan 11 at 20:28

Probably most of them.

For reference dog leg gearbox, referring to the position of first gear, is not the same as a dog engagement gearbox which means the gears mesh together during a change instead of being lined up with a syncromesh.

neil h

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18th Jan 11 at 21:06

Think i may have to start only using the odd gears on the VXR now

MarkM

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18th Jan 11 at 21:32

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Probably most of them.

Say's it all. One of the reasons I've never had one on mine.

dannymccann

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18th Jan 11 at 21:54

quote:
Originally posted by MarkM

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Probably most of them.

Say's it all. One of the reasons I've never had one on mine.

But how come the M32 only seems to fail in the VXR and not the 150CDTi, which will have more torque than the VXR wont it (especially the mapped ones)? I mean I dont know and I CBA to look at Parkers, but surely its torque that kills gearboxes not power?

Corsa_Sport21

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18th Jan 11 at 21:55

Fails in both.The car in question is a CDTi 150.

SportBoy

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18th Jan 11 at 21:55

they do fvck up on the cdti's

dannymccann

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18th Jan 11 at 21:58

I worded that wrongly tbh, I didnt mean 'only', I meant majority of reported cases in the interwebs seem to be VXR's - could it be that if you have a VXR you are more likely to gun it everywhere and mod it and post about it on the internet whereas some yobbos will own the 150 but most of these people will be company car owners and dads?

Ian

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18th Jan 11 at 22:00

I don't really want to blame the box for being poor, I've killed an F23 in the past and contributed to the death of a number of F25s, all as a younger man with less regard for mechanical sympathy.

My M32 is fine.

Chris x

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18th Jan 11 at 22:02

Kano's (he's on here) 150 box went. 50/50

[Edited on 18-01-2011 by Chris x]

Jambo

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18th Jan 11 at 22:03

Yes all these coincidences of people having vxrs/cdti's that blew up yet no other threads about the other cars they have owned previously or since having blown up proves they can't drive tbh.

Probably didn't wait for the needles to bounce when they turned the ignition on shuttle discovery sorry vxr

Corsa_Sport21

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18th Jan 11 at 22:11

Id bet that say 100k F20's have had a much harder life than 20-40k M32s,yet still going strong to this day.

Jambo

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18th Jan 11 at 22:13

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Id bet that say 100k F20's have had a much harder life than 20-40k M32s,yet still going strong to this day.

Big eck had an F20, if he can't drive then it would have broken I'm guessing

Chris x

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18th Jan 11 at 22:14

quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Yes all these coincidences of people having vxrs/cdti's that blew up yet no other threads about the other cars they have owned previously or since having blown up proves they can't drive tbh.

Probably didn't wait for the needles to bounce when they turned the ignition on shuttle discovery sorry vxr

Is that suppost to say 'can drive'?

SportBoy

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18th Jan 11 at 22:14

will be more common on the netz with vxrs prob because there are more people with vxrs on the netz who want to go on the netz and go ive got a vxr!

old men like my dad wouldnt sign up on an astra site with a diesel.

Mieran

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18th Jan 11 at 22:41

quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann

quote:
Originally posted by MarkM

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Probably most of them.

Say's it all. One of the reasons I've never had one on mine.

But how come the M32 only seems to fail in the VXR and not the 150CDTi, which will have more torque than the VXR wont it (especially the mapped ones)? I mean I dont know and I CBA to look at Parkers, but surely its torque that kills gearboxes not power?

vxr rev higher, probably has nothing to do with though

both have same torque btw

richc

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18th Jan 11 at 23:10

Ive said it before, i dont think its to do with driving.

One lad I know hammers it to death (drives it like a 17 year old would drive a 1.2 corsa), and hasnt had a problem at all.

Another mate i know, just takes his time, alot of steady motorway miles, and his went. Total luck i think.

Kano

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19th Jan 11 at 12:29

Mine was at 23k when it went, and I can drive I like to think. Have had over 50 cars and this was the first box I've ever had go on me.

Randonly its the only car I've owned thats had an easy life, used to give my Cavaliers etc dogs abus and never had an issue.

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