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> a/x trans gear set options, what works?
Trekkor
post Jun 15 2005, 08:49 PM
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What is your favorite combo.

I need to stay in the 4500-6500rpm powerband.

I can tach out at 7-7300rpm on the limiter.

I have a spare trans I can build up now and then install... whenever.

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ArtechnikA
post Jun 16 2005, 09:39 AM
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QUOTE (trekkor @ Jun 16 2005, 10:34 AM)
I don't know the details of my stock '74 FOUR trans.
It is a correct sideshifter, but the internals are unknown.

unless someone went to a lot of bother to change to a mainshaft that's not well suited to the car it was in, there's a REAL good chance it's the F mainshaft. GA mainshafts are out there.

i was at -1- AX with a straight long enough to make me think about upshifting (but i didn't...). i used to go to -1- big track where i'd use 2nd. (airport course, long 180's near redline...) and i went to one track with a long enough back straight to be in 5th long enough to write a letter home to mom. that track is a shopping mall now.

here in the East, there are a few serious top-gear tracks tho...
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trekkor   a/x trans gear set options   Jun 15 2005, 08:49 PM
john rogers   If the engine is a big four, say a 2.4L engine, th...   Jun 15 2005, 09:57 PM
Aaron Cox   im going flipped ZD - S - ZD ir maybe a flipped N ...   Jun 15 2005, 10:07 PM
McMark   Has your tranny arrived yet Aaron?   Jun 15 2005, 10:15 PM
Aaron Cox     Jun 15 2005, 10:18 PM
SirAndy   <...   Jun 15 2005, 10:20 PM
McMark   Yeah, if you're at redline in 2nd and shift to...   Jun 15 2005, 10:23 PM
Aaron Cox   to keep it in the powerband trekk?   Jun 15 2005, 10:25 PM
Marv's3.6six   My opinion is that the gear sets depends on where ...   Jun 15 2005, 10:29 PM
SirAndy     Jun 15 2005, 10:33 PM
North Bay 914   Auto-X is a huge variable to be changing course to...   Jun 15 2005, 10:39 PM
J P Stein   With the stock gears, 22.5 in dia tires & 7100 lim...   Jun 15 2005, 10:48 PM
McMark   <...   Jun 15 2005, 11:36 PM
ArtechnikA   <...   Jun 16 2005, 06:04 AM
mskala   <...   Jun 16 2005, 08:28 AM
trekkor   I don't know the details of my stock '74 F...   Jun 16 2005, 08:34 AM
Demick   Trekkor The gearbox will always be a compromise -...   Jun 16 2005, 09:37 AM
ArtechnikA   <...   Jun 16 2005, 09:39 AM
nine14cats   Hi Trekkor, I saw Randal at lunch yesterday and h...   Jun 16 2005, 09:39 AM
Steve_7x   Trekkor, I agree with Demick's comments with ...   Jun 16 2005, 10:15 AM
ArtechnikA   <...   Jun 16 2005, 11:19 AM
SirAndy   <...   Jun 16 2005, 11:22 AM
ArtechnikA   <...   Jun 16 2005, 11:27 AM
SirAndy   <...   Jun 16 2005, 11:40 AM
Demick   We had a discussion about shift points a couple of...   Jun 16 2005, 11:41 AM
Demick   Rich - you cannot just make a statement that a set...   Jun 16 2005, 11:45 AM
URY914   How would a lightened flywheel change things if at...   Jun 16 2005, 12:06 PM
ArtechnikA     Jun 16 2005, 01:29 PM
Joe Ricard   So, I'm just gong to flip 3rd and 5th hope for...   Jun 16 2005, 04:51 PM
trekkor   Here's the problem I have with my current set-...   Jun 16 2005, 07:16 PM
TimT   AFKQV... AFKQV...AFKQV hehehe   Jun 16 2005, 07:27 PM
TimT     Jun 16 2005, 07:35 PM
nine14cats   Trekkor, I agree with Tim. AFKQV or the flippe...   Jun 16 2005, 09:07 PM
trekkor   O.K. Now here's the $____ question: How ...   Jun 16 2005, 10:08 PM
J P Stein   <...   Jun 16 2005, 11:37 PM
Red-Beard   The 1974 915 is 7:31 If I ever swap a 915 into my...   Jun 18 2005, 09:31 AM
trekkor   Here's some shift point data for you. Ran 2nd...   Jun 19 2005, 06:17 PM
TimT   you need a shorter 3rd gear.. it will keep you in ...   Jun 19 2005, 06:49 PM
trekkor   How does this flipped 5th gear deal work? Is it th...   Jun 19 2005, 08:10 PM
Aaron Cox   trekkor a flipped ZD is said to be bitchin....for...   Jun 19 2005, 11:01 PM


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