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Old 02-18-2013, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by jwd View Post
With the exception of the GM Saginaw 4 speed, the T-10 is the weakest 4 speed on the planet. If you have decent power and a little bit of traction, the main shaft will twist just ahead of the yolk. I've rebuilt many of them and would conservatively say that 90% had twisted main shafts. Another weak point are the synchros. Unless you rebuild them using Torque-Lok sliders, you're guaranteed they will jump out of gear on deceleration. They are okay for a cruiser but I wouldn't put one in anything I planned on "driving hard".
...hence my surprise that for a car that was to be raced, a T10 was specified over a Toploader.
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