I graduated hi-school in 1972, after several years of working both systems side by side..... plus fractions, so I got my indoctrination there. It has served me well.
Chris
I gotta wonder why you want to go thru all this trouble of trying to stretch that nose out into the crank, when it would be so much easier to just stick a ball-bearing assy into the convertor register, which allows the snout to be over an inch shorter anyway. I have been running the same bearing in mine since 1999 with no maintenance, and no noise, and no stinking seized oilite bushing. This even uses the factory BH.
>Speaking of bearings;
Ima thinking, how will you marry the GM T.O. bearing to the Mopar T.O. fork?
> and if you use the Liberty slick-shift guts, how long will those clutch teeth last on the street, I mean, you know that there are no synchros in that set. Furthermore, on the street, you can't even wind the engine up in Second gear never mind into Fourth.
I mean maybe you can where you live; but where I live, getting caught could cost me my Driver's License.
I mean 6500 in Second with 3.91s in the back, is already 76mph, and in Third is 100; (with 27" tires and the T/A gearset)
>I modded my A833 to street slick-shift status on Second and Third, which, IMHO, is all that is needed. This unit shifts like normal, up or down, but at 7000 I can just ram it in overpowering the brass like it's not even there.
I installed this USED Commando gearset in about 2004, and have been slamming it hard ever since, mind you with only 295/50-15s on the back, and only a pinion-snubber on it; so I know that 1x23 A833 can take a licking.
> My engine used to eat clutch discs, not A833s. But, I made a work-around for that, lol.............
> Since you already have a standard 1x23 box , I don't get it.
If you are concerned about Power-Handling, I can almost guarantee you that You cannot put enough street-tire, nor suspension, under your car to even tickle the limit.
>But if drag-racing:
My car goes 93 in the Eighth, which points to about 430hp. She's only been down the track on the one occasion, with 325/50-15 BFG Drs; but I shifted it at WOT, same as I do on the street, so that's no picnic!
She 60fts in the 2.2 to 2.4 range, with full street supension, so the trans is barely stressed ..........
