(inquiry) What transmission would YOU recommend?

[dan.bubb at gmail.com (Dan Bubb)]

OK, that's cool.
I'd think it'd be a safe assumption that all the various 5th gear sets
were designed and manufactured to the same standards.
Assuming that, bigger is better.

On 1/14/06, Allyn <amalventano1@tds.net> wrote:
> .71 is 27/38
> .76 is 44/58
>
> As for big/small, I'd leave that to how well they are designed / machined.
> On the sub, you'd think we have huge teeth, but they are quite small as compared
> to the bull gear diameter (something like 12 feet), and that one gear handles
> over a million ft-lbs of torque.
> Al
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dan Bubb [mailto:dan.bubb@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 5:01 PM
> > To: Allyn
> > Cc: Mark F.; Adam Carroll; Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: Re: (inquiry) What transmission would YOU recommend?
> >
> > The .76 gear set has a million teeny-tiny teeth.
> > I haven't seen any data in ETKA on the .76 to know the exact
> > tooth count but I saw a set recently and the teeth are just
> > tiny compared to even the .75.
> > .71 has BIG teeth.
> > Tooth count for 5th gear sets (number of teeth on both gears)
> > is as follows:
> > 65 teeth; .71, .91
> > 74 teeth; .85, .80
> > 89 teeth; .75, .89 and an uncommon .71
> > one million teeth; .76 ;^)
> >
> > Big teeth are strong teeth.
> > Dan
> >
> > On 1/14/06, Allyn <amalventano1@tds.net> wrote:
> > > > IIRC there are two versions of the FF.  81 and earlier had a
> > > > different 5th gear.  Stay away from the weak .76 5th
> > geared FF's for
> > > > forced induction.
> > >
> > > What makes them weak exactly?
> > > Al
> > >
> > >
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