vr vs manuals

I'm no expert (really know nothing), but I've heard that the series 2 VS had a Getrag type 260 gearbox whilst the series 1 had a T5. I 'think' the Getrag has a better name than the T5.

 

no its the other way round... the T5 is better than the getrag.... well thats the word on the street anyway. T5 is a brilliant box, i have one in my VN (from a VR). Smooth, stong(ish) and cheap! dont know much about the getrag ut they were used in VSSII onwards i think.....

Hope, that helped.

P.S. as for findfing a VR/VS manual, good FN luck with that one as they are now rare as hell and the ones that are avaliable are gone before you can say......

aZk.

 

i got a T5. sum1 tried tellin me der betta than the getrags but i dont get it if they chose to use getrags in the S2 and u probally wouldnt notice the diff.. i think they used t5s up until the VX not sure.... yer man if u see 1 advertised ya cant **** around and think about buyin it coz they will sell that day.

 

Of course you know they use the T5 in Falcons........

 

Getrags from VSII on I think.

I have a VSII manual. It has the Getrag box.

I have driven both the T5 and Getrag, and consider the Getrag the better gearbox. In particular, I think that the gear ratios are much better than the T5.

The one issue on an older car though might be the cost of a clutch replacement. It is much cheaper for the T5 as it has a solid flywheel.

 

Yes the Getrags are from series II VS onwards in the 6's.
They are not as strong as the T5 but are a lot smoother and quiet. The ratios are lower in the getrag every gear too , except for 4th where in both boxes its 1:1.
I recently had a series II manual and had no problems at all with it. No whining , crunching etc and it had a fair bit of abuse.
I would recommend a getrag over a t5. (good luck finding one!)

 

yeah my vr has the T5 and ive never had any problems with it. And its done 220,000 k's.

 

sux how ive been trying to sell mine for 6 months. thats the problem with tassie though i guess