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DJs350H · 05-12-2002, 10:13 PM

Gp001,

Thanks for your reply.

It sounds like the T-56 is just too much of a hassle unless you're doing custom floorboards--you finally sold me. I guess six inches back from the stock location is a big difference too, I haven't checked but that would put the shifter right next to me I guess--that wouldn't be so great.

Knowing the Richmond can be ordered with custom gear ratios is good for piece of mind, finally. Unfortunately I don't know what my cam setup is right now. My engine is at the shop and my engine builder is going to custom grind a roller cam for my application. I just told him he could grind it for power and 500+ horespower and an nice torque curve, and that I would make the gears as numerically high as needed for acceleration purposes, and that I plan on putting in a 6-speed eventually for highway cruising. He is going to dyno tune it for me when it is done (sometime this summer) so I should have a nice readout to select gear ratios with.

I agree.....one overdrive is all I'll need I suppose. Nobody drives 65 on the highways in Southern California. Basically it is all street driving, or 80 MPH!

I used to have a link that selected optimum gears (possibly the old Richmond site) but it is gone and I don't remember which parameters it used to select them. How did you select your transmission gears?? Did you and your buddy select each gear???

I think the scattershileld is a nice selling point as well. I plan on using the car at the strip occasionally and hopefully to race it at some road track. So, I think I need some protection.

As for rear gears I'm not sure what I am going with yet either. My engine project is HUGE so I don't know when I'll get the fundage for the tranny and rearend. I'll probably pick whatever gets me through the quarter mile in the quickest amount of time, but that won't wear my engine out on the highway.

I can't remember what my cruising RPM was before (my engine has almost been out for over a year and a half). I have 14" Magnum 500s with 50 series rubber with 3.00 gears and a toploader right now. I just remember the RPMs to be higher than desirable. Boy did it give me a headache on long trips--the Flowmasters don't help though.

If it isn't too much trouble, I am curious as to what your cruising RPM is at around 65 or 70MPH? Also what would the numbers look like with 4.33 gears and 4.56 gears??

Thanks again,
Dan

05-12-2002, 10:13 PM	#20
DJs350H Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Ventura, CA, USA Posts: 12	Gp001, Thanks for your reply. It sounds like the T-56 is just too much of a hassle unless you're doing custom floorboards--you finally sold me. I guess six inches back from the stock location is a big difference too, I haven't checked but that would put the shifter right next to me I guess--that wouldn't be so great. Knowing the Richmond can be ordered with custom gear ratios is good for piece of mind, finally. Unfortunately I don't know what my cam setup is right now. My engine is at the shop and my engine builder is going to custom grind a roller cam for my application. I just told him he could grind it for power and 500+ horespower and an nice torque curve, and that I would make the gears as numerically high as needed for acceleration purposes, and that I plan on putting in a 6-speed eventually for highway cruising. He is going to dyno tune it for me when it is done (sometime this summer) so I should have a nice readout to select gear ratios with. I agree.....one overdrive is all I'll need I suppose. Nobody drives 65 on the highways in Southern California. Basically it is all street driving, or 80 MPH! I used to have a link that selected optimum gears (possibly the old Richmond site) but it is gone and I don't remember which parameters it used to select them. How did you select your transmission gears?? Did you and your buddy select each gear??? I think the scattershileld is a nice selling point as well. I plan on using the car at the strip occasionally and hopefully to race it at some road track. So, I think I need some protection. As for rear gears I'm not sure what I am going with yet either. My engine project is HUGE so I don't know when I'll get the fundage for the tranny and rearend. I'll probably pick whatever gets me through the quarter mile in the quickest amount of time, but that won't wear my engine out on the highway. I can't remember what my cruising RPM was before (my engine has almost been out for over a year and a half). I have 14" Magnum 500s with 50 series rubber with 3.00 gears and a toploader right now. I just remember the RPMs to be higher than desirable. Boy did it give me a headache on long trips--the Flowmasters don't help though. If it isn't too much trouble, I am curious as to what your cruising RPM is at around 65 or 70MPH? Also what would the numbers look like with 4.33 gears and 4.56 gears?? Thanks again, Dan