Nubaroo F23 gearbox fitted

[Nubaroo]

OK so I battled since Wednesday with the upgrade....minor stuff but it had me running around for bits and bobs, I manufactured a gearbox mount, fitted the cable shifter thingy. drive shafts from the daewoo fitted straight without any mods. Had to get a F23 6 button solid clutch plate made up, had the flywheel skimmed, luckily the Daewoo is already hydraulic clutch so very minor mods needed to get it all to work


Beginning fitting



Side view



Fitted and working


Just need to figure how to get the speedo working....aparantly I can do so from the ABS sensors

Cable shifts feels excellent

Still need to fit front gearbox mount - Steve from JMS will assist there

[Nubaroo]

Made up and fitted the back gearbox mount today - now I can drive the car on low boost. Tested the gearshifts on the 7000rpm limiter - EXCELLENT and oh so smoooooth Now to build the front gearbox mount and then start abusing the F23 to see if it has what it takes.... Once it has been thoroughly tested I will invest in a Quaiffe diff for it ( found the car wheelspinning in 2nd gear today without the LSD, so an LSD is a must!!!)

[exist3nce]

Thats great news man, the gearbox looks quite similar to the F28 from the outside. Hopefully it is good and strong.

[Nubaroo]

Yes I believe it is as strong as an F28 - some of the guys that have opened the F23 boxes to fit Quaiffe LSD`s have said that the internal gears are similar in thickness as the F28

[Nubaroo]

OK so I manufactured and fitted the front gearbox mounting - man it is REALLY strong and should work like a dream!!!

Now I can turn up the boost again

[benzino]

hey hannes,

what is that engine? you used to have the t20sed right? is that an ecotec?

[Nubaroo]

Hi Bud.

I am not sure what the engine code on the daewoo is - I have always used the same engine. I just picked up an Opel Ecotec tappet cover for my engine

Kind regards

Hannes

[benzino]

yeah? lol AWESOME

i didn't think you ever said you changed the engine

that is such a wicked amount of power and torque coming out of that engine
congrats

[Nubaroo]

Thanks bud - will keep u guys updated after the 200m races this Sunday, and the 400m races next Sunday!!

[Nubaroo]

OK quick update - I managed to break the F23 gearbox.....not because of the power but because I was snapshifting to 2nd lik a D@@S!!!

So I battled to get my hands on another f23 - -Supieman tried to help me as he usually does, but there are a few variations of the F23 gearbox on the market and the ones he has is not compatible with my setup Thanks anyway Jaco

Managed to get an F23 from Steven from JMS - busy fitting it and should have the daewoo on the roead by tomorrow afternoon!!!! :woo: :woo: :woo:

[exist3nce]

whoa haha.... at least you seem to get it repaired and back on the road pretty quick

[Nubaroo]

whoa haha.... at least you seem to get it repaired and back on the road pretty quick

That is the advantage of building the car myself - not relying on tuners for their time

[Nubaroo]

Cool so I fitted the F23 box - nice and smoooooth with everything working so nice. The final drive ratio is better suited for my car - previous F23 was 3.63 and the new one now is 3.95. This makes for less turbo lag when shifting from 2nd gear to 3rd gear Also have the T61 turbo combination back on the car so no more compressor surge car feels like my old Daewoo again

[mr_g]

Do you have larger/better pictures of a shifting mesh? I was wondering if I could convert F28 to a cable shifters...

[Nubaroo]

Do you have larger/better pictures of a shifting mesh? I was wondering if I could convert F28 to a cable shifters...

Hi there - -my tuner already looked at this mod but the selecting mechanism is COMPLETELY different design and he does not think that this would be possible. I can post pics - just tell me what you want to see??