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Originally Posted by Mike Keener
I agree with Dave Casey's findings and I will be the first to admit I know nothing about the Ford engines power band, or how it effects performance when switching from the 4 speed to the 5 speed, but I do know about the LT1 Chevrolets' abilities in these very same areas.
Probably few remember but Merc and I ran a 94 Camaro LT1 powered car in 1999 and 2000 which Woodro did the engines for and was the D/S NHRA National Record Holder @ 10.52 which was pretty quick in it's day. For what it is worth this car never ran as quick with the 5 speed as it did the 4 speed. On the best days it was a wash and most of the time the 4 speed was a couple hundreths quicker, so unless there has been some startling new developments in this area lately (like a higher/wider rpm power band) I think the data we achieved in this application is fairly factual.
In fact I still have a like new G Force 5 speed available with a 3:16 low and a 3:25 low gear set complete with a Long Shifter and the correct driveshaft for a late model Camaro if anyone out there is interested.
MK
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Great point Mike, the fact is that comparing with the LT1 engine CI the ford 4.6 is 69 CI less than the LT1, fact is that this engines can rev way up to 9500 rpm with the proper parts. But that is a good point, thanks
Edgar