Sure hope they can make them strong enough. Imagine your engine sitting at peak HP and your car accelerating like a rocket! You know, if the HP loss due to friction through the tranny was the same as an automatic, you could probably drop a second or more just because the HP is constant for the whole length of track. It'd be kinda like the top fuel dragsters except they just have a clutch that is designed to slip and slowly engage more and more as the wheel RPM increases. I think I saw an audi or volvo on some TV show that has one of those trannies. It'd be the bomb if it was behind some power.
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Michael Black
QuantumMotorsports
Norman, OK
1984 LX Hatch
306 w/ TRW forged flat toppers, Comp Cams Magnum 292H, GT40P heads w/ 3 angle valve job, .550 lift springs, Angus Racing Roller Rockers, Weiand Stealth Intake, Holley 4150 650cfm carb, MAC 1 5/8 Long Tubes, Single Chamber Flowmasters, 91' T5 w/ Pro 5.0 shifter, Turbo Coupe 8.8 Rear w/ 3.55 gears, QA1 Motorsports tubular K member, no interior except steering wheel and seat.
Coming soon: 6 or 8 point cage, Fuel Cell, Weld Draglites
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