> << One thing standard transmissions owners could do was to grind off every
> other tooth of each gear >>
>
> Seems though they would look funny when they smiled. How many shifts could
> you get before the rest of the teeth were gone? Seems though it would have to
> weaken them subsatntially.
Yes, they had a seriously reduced life. The goal was to win races,
and that they did. They would last longer than you think, however.
At least I personally have seen one person do it and over 2 racing
seasons, was still going strong (roughly 280 runs).
> <<All in all, the 727tf with a reverse manual valve body was my favorite,>>
>
> Does this mean you have to race backwards? Man that would be cool 12.20 110
> mph in reverse?? What the hell is it, don't mean to ask a stupid question
> but??
<grin>. Not a dumb question at all. The valve body is a 'manual' valve body,
meaning you physically have to slam it through the gears (1-2-3) and (3-2-1).
Putting the gearshift in 'Drive' is like starting in 3rd, a manual valve
body does not give the transmission any control, the driver dictates
the shift points by moving the shifter when he/she wants to change gears.
(I used a Hurst Auto-Stick III).
A reverse valve body just replaces D-2-1 with 1-2-D i.e:
Normal shifter: Park - Reverse - Neutral - Drive - 2 - 1
Reverse Valve Body: Park - Reverse - Nuetral - 1 - 2 - 3 (Drive)
So when you're banging through the quarter, you just 'slap' the
shifter down (not talking about a column shifter here) through
1, 2, and 3 and not have to worry about accidently shifting into
nuetral, reverse, or park.
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