Originally posted by Phil Rohtla:
The SVT Focus 6-speed is strong enough (same tranny as in the Mini Cooper S and the Works edition w/200hp), but why would you want to do this? You're sounding like you want to spend a bunch of money on a mechanical piece with no functional reason (like going faster) to do so.



As ROZ said, trannies are rated in TORQUE not Horsepower.

Second, I don't believe that a Mini Cooper weighs what a Contour does.
So the Torque to Weight ratio would be lower in the MC than it would be in the Conotur.
This is VERY IMPORTANT if you are calculation on being able to drive
the Getrag at a full TORQUE application without exploding your diff.

Torque is what kills your tranny, not Horsepower.
Torque = a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion.
e.g. An automobile engine delivers torque to the drive shaft.

Horsepower gets what is already moving, moving FASTER.
Horsepower = a unit of power equal in the U.S. to 746 watts and nearly equivalent
to the English gravitational unit of the same name that equals 550 foot-pounds of work per second.

Just think back to the Kinetic/Potential Energy lessons that we took in school.
Torque overcomes Potential, while Horsepower adds to Kinetic.

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