Lee Jacobs wrote:
>
> > << 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.
>
> __
> / / ___ ___ Lee Jacobs
> / / / _ \/ _ \ LJacobs@Calvin.UCHSC.Edu
> / /__| __/ __/ University of Colorado Health Sciences
> \____/\___|\___| Big Aspirations, Small Wallet.Just for the record the new Prowler has the auto stick as well
this is one cool little two seater and boy do I want one of the 3000
being made.
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