Re: On the topic of Tranny's...

[thescirocco@juno.com]

On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 07:57:23 -0700 "Langford, Cory"
<Cory.Langford@icbc.com> writes:
> 
> 
>  I just pulled a FN out of the old '82 beater I had because the 
> bearings were shot (wheel bearing) and the easiest thing was to swap in
a set 
> of 100 mm hubs I had lying around and a new tranny (which I still would

> like to identify).
> 
> So, question 1.  Everyone keeps saying the FF tranny (which is the 
> same as the FN from what I can tell on the gear charts, etc) is the one
to 
> use with any kind of forced induction, so this tranny looks like a
keeper.  I 
> want to take it in and have someone split it open and do a rebuild on
it.  
> Any thing I should think of changing while the process is getting done?
 
You can have them reassemble it with a newer style case half, that way
you can easily go to 100mm CV flanges. 
 
> 
> 2.  Any way of identifying a tranny besides the stamp on bottom.  
> The one I swapped into the beater '82 now has a blank (nice and smooth)
tab 
> where the FN had the identity stamp.
> 
> Cory

Do you know what it came out of?

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