New bolt in 5 spd from Mcloud

fstfish66 said

2.95 first gear isnt exactly neck snapping,

my 65 formula S tranny is a 3.09 first gear,,not that its that far away from 2.95,just lok less then it really is i guess,,

the older doug nash/jerico trannys have a 3.06 first gear,,

the the tremec TKO have a choice of 2.87 or 3.27

the new richmonds have a 3.09 i believe,,

have to run an rpm test to see what the real difference is

i guess i beter start searching info on this tranny and call red roberts at mc cleod

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i agree with the first gear thing on the mcleod's but atleast you still have the overdrive if you want a big rear end gear...also with the tko's, what seperates the 500 and 600 is mainly the first gear and its strength, with the 500 having the 3.27 first gear (supposedly weaker) and the 600 the 2.95 i believe it is...i keep meaning to call red to ask him about it, but i find it useless until they've done more real world testing (which as far as i know they havent yet except for the famous dyno run where they broke the dyno and not the tranny)...and if the current clutches for your app dont interchange that would definatly suck:angry7: