Hi all,

I've been told that Aquila Racing used to sell a modified 3rd gear for ETZs, though I can see from an older thread that only 12 were made. Does anyone have one spare that they might be interested in parting with? Alternatively, any contact details for Aquila Racing woud be handy.

Cheers,

Darren #28

 Those Aquilia 3rd gears were the nuts, i had 3 of them.  But they only lasted a season till i'd b*lloxed them (i wasnt exactly gentle on gearboxes).

Quickshifters putting excessive strain on  a gearbox?  That comes from a person who regards them as witchcraft, and will never be convinced of their merits .  They put less strain on the box, the better timing means much less load on the whole thing. I didnt use mine for a performance advantage, i used it because the gearboxes would last me about 4 times longer (did i say i broke them a lot?! Without a quickshifter i broke a new 3rd gear in 2 races at cadwell).

Pauls spot on about the undercutting, i stopped bothering on mine and never noticed any difference.

I'm assuming that was my old motor with the bent shaft?  I'd have to ask: How did you do that?! Those shafts are beasts.  I never had problems with that box, thats why it was never shimmed, didnt want to risk screwing it up, i had to use it so often after i'd broken the one in the motor Andy has.

Is Biggus still rebuilding  gear boxes?

is "excessive strain on shafts" a problem you encounter often?

pmb5 wrote  Those Aquilia 3rd gears were the nuts, i had 3 of them.  But they only lasted a season till i'd b*lloxed them (i wasnt exactly gentle on gearboxes). Quickshifters putting excessive strain on  a gearbox?  That comes from a person who regards them as witchcraft, and will never be convinced of their merits .  They put less strain on the box, the better timing means much less load on the whole thing. I didnt use mine for a performance advantage, i used it because the gearboxes would last me about 4 times longer (did i say i broke them a lot?! Without a quickshifter i broke a new 3rd gear in 2 races at cadwell). Pauls spot on about the undercutting, i stopped bothering on mine and never noticed any difference. I'm assuming that was my old motor with the bent shaft?  I'd have to ask: How did you do that?! Those shafts are beasts.  I never had problems with that box, thats why it was never shimmed, didnt want to risk screwing it up, i had to use it so often after i'd broken the one in the motor Andy has. Is Biggus still rebuilding  gear boxes?

Hey Phil, having 3 of those special cogs is just plaine greedy. In respect to the 'shaft', I just don't know what the hell was going on.  I managed to get about 2 laps at snet before losing 3rd gear completely, I then had the box rebuild by BR after which it lasted about 2 laps at Brands.  BR said the selector forks that came out were the worst he had ever seen!!! In an attempt to eliminate the problem I changed the shaft and put a standard 3rd gear on, since then its been absolutely perfect???????? Why i don't know.  On visual inspection of the old shaft - it looked good ??

I must say - that motor is super fast. Andy gave me a few tips and I'm gonna get polishing in the next couple of weeks.

What are you doing now? Are you racing??

P