Borg Warner T10 vs Toploader

[xb-60]

Interesting comments from Jon and Dan.
I considered (but only for a short time) using a T10 for my FIA replica build, but rejected that path early, deciding on the Toploader.
Rationale for going Toploader rather than T10 was….
1. In Australia, Toploaders are available (while not exactly plentiful), but T10 gearboxes are rare. If I had chosen to use a T10, I would almost certainly have had to import one from US.
2. One of the very few David Kee agents is virtually just around the corner from me. T10 experts – as logic would suggest - are even more rare here than T10’s.
3. I wanted a period correct gearbox and the research I did at the time suggested that the Toploader is a very robust gearbox. As well, they were of course consequently used (in modified form) behind the Cobra 427, and used as the basis for the GT40’s Kar Kraft gearbox.

As far as shift action goes, my rebuilt Toploader and Hurst shifter has an action that feels similar (from distant recollection) to the bolt action on a Lee Enfield 303. If the T10 is better, it must be very good.

Cheers,
Glen