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Old 12-18-2005, 07:58 PM   #8
Isphius
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Originally Posted by Littlestan
While I know most manual tranny's share the same operating principal, I assure you the Chevy tranny's that I used to race my 600HP 454 Chevelle do not have 1 inch thick stainless steel shafts in them. Thus, they did bend often (Too often, IMO). Seeing as how these tranny's are of considerably less "beef" than a Chevy one, I assumed the shafts would be more prone to failure.

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-=Littlestan=-

Theres also not 650 lb ft of torque in front of them lol. dam i want a big block now I have a 350hp monte carlo that i take to englishtown every once in a while lol. its pretty fast. my transmission is aslo going...its an auto thou. goodluck with the trans. Oh that reminds me. if anyone has a used trans to rebuild lemme know. mine is getting real rough, it wont even go into 2nd unless i double clutch it or let it ride on the synchro for a few seconds. 3rd is pretty rough too.
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