synchro interchange/best ones to use

skep419 said

Never even driven a car with a a833. Finally going to be doing the swap. Figure I would make it the best I can so I don't have problems down the road. Sounds like a general rebuild is in order with the possibility of needing some gears do to teeth being worn.
Thanks for he info.

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Only in rare cases, will you need any gears. The main thing to look at in the sychro's are the splines on the inner drums where the sleeves mate. The countershaft is another place that gets worn and makes everything "sloppy".

I run the O/D behind a high winding 273 and love it. I don't see the problem in a high power, light car. I just treat the "4th" gear as an O/D and not part of the performance gears to be power shifted. More as in highway cruising mode. Not too afraid of it either, come to think of it.