08-22-2017, 10:38 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Phoenix area,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA, 396 Windsor Stroker (Formerly: Unique 427 powered by a 351W with mysterious innards)
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Originally Posted by moore_rb
Have you ever noticed me not being able to keep up with the rest of you with my 289 and toploader...???? 
The toploader is butter ... B-U-T-T-E-R. Easily the nicest manual transmission I've ever rowed through the gears (and I'm a die-hard Muncie guy)
5th gear is for weenies.
However, I do agree that the 3.73 rear end in that SPF is WAY too short (especially with pizza slicer tires) - 3.27's (or even 3.08's) would have been IDEAL with the 4-speed for that car. |
Agreed! It would probably cheaper to replace the rear gears than the trans, and if the top loader is the more common wide ratio variety, it would still take off smoothly in 1st gear.
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