rigolis brumby gearbox

brockharro · Post by **brockharro** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 5:55 pm

hey just wanted to and so would a few other young people maybe
how would rigoli build the gearbox hes got on his brumby

cheers
brock

Post by **Captain Obvious** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 7:30 pm

with lots of $$$$$$.

really probly a dog box with straight cut gears.

bryan

brockharro · Post by **brockharro** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 7:36 pm

haha yer i was thinking the same thing it would be awsome but just having rwd awd on a flick of a switch

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 7:58 pm

TRP Project Car.. Subaru Brumby Ute

Subaru 4EAT AWD Auto with a manualised valvebody at a guess

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:12 am

It was a Liberty five speed with straight cut gears, WRX/Brumby driveshafts, WRX 3.9:1 LSD diff, 1400lb clutch kit

Also says it has rear Pedders springs ? WRX venetd discs front and rear

brockharro · Post by **brockharro** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:14 pm

u can buy the gearbox WIN lol haha

Green_eyed_liberty · Post by **Green_eyed_liberty** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:26 pm

Looks auto from the pics

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Subaru-Brumb ... 715wt_1270

brockharro · Post by **brockharro** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:29 pm

woops should of said from rigolis website

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:55 pm

it is auto i reckon the dog box would be sweet in manual

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:49 pm

I got the original mag review (actually , two copies) HOT4s June 2002 , was manual then !!

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:55 pm

shouldve kept it manual

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:01 am

mud_king91 wrote:shouldve kept it manual

That would be my opinion too, but if he was using a manual gearbox with straight cut gears I would imagine that it howled along in any gear. That and if he tried to drive it around town in the manual setup I'd say it would be more of a pig than a pleasure to drive! That thing was built for track or thrash work, not daily driving or ducking down the corner store for a bottle of milk and the sunday paper.

He'll find the right buyer I'm sure.

Cheers

Bennie

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:19 am

ME if i had 10k and an unrestricted licence

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:48 am

mud_king91 wrote:ME if i had 10k and an unrestricted licence

You and me both mate - I'm sure everyone says the same thing, except the un-restricted licence thing...

Cheers

Bennie

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:07 am

yea damn government or i should say damn young f$%^wits accomodating for other areas with their V8,s

discopotato03 · Post by **discopotato03** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:54 pm

I'd like to see some of you drive that thing for an hour or so and see how much you liked it afterwards .
Drag cars are pigs , I reckon the only reason Tony would have built it was because its reasonably light and AWD capable .
It would be noisy and brutal on the clutch and gearbox if its had a dog conversion . People don't build drag cars with nice drivelines because they don't live in that environment .
The autos make life easier because you omit the solid center competition clutch and the nead for expensive gearset conversions .
Torque converters don't hit the same way as a button clutch when launched and the gear changes are faster and more reliable .
The thing is that short gearing and higher "stall" converters are also not terribly suitable on the street , just less agro than drag manual transmissions .

A .

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:58 pm

chances are id love it after

spike · Post by **spike** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:20 pm

orignally it was disco, apparently its been tamed down big time to get rego.
the car is for sale, search brumby on ebay and its there 11000 was last bid i saw