View Single Post
Old 03-31-2014, 08:14 PM   #6
Rich Biebel
VIP Member
 
Rich Biebel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs
Posts: 2,320
Likes: 25
Liked 557 Times in 217 Posts
Default Re: Ordering New Transmission, but What Gears ?

Yes we did Adger....

My race partner and I became friends with a man that had a '69 Z/28. It was nearly new but was a racecar running F/S at the time. He had fully prepped the car and it had a race engine I drove it a couple times.

I was convinced he should get that 2.20 first gear trans out and I installed a 2.5 first like we ran in our car.

I was used to the hydraulic cammed engine we ran....350/295

His 302 was nothing like the 350 and would spin the tach to the moon if it spun the tires which it did. Leaving at 6500-6800 and with not much traction at our local track.....well forget about it......LOL

I also learned that the 2.5 box would not shift anywhere near as good behind the 302 at the much higher rpm...

Broke some trans parts pretty quickly with it but man that car was great fun to get behind the wheel of....

Black with white panels on the hood and trunk....black and white houndstooth interior and the cold air hood with all the stuff to go with it....except he threw some of it away thinking it was no good for racing....

The car went 12.1's in F/S in 1969 or 1970
__________________
Rich Biebel
S/C 1479
Stock 147R
Rich Biebel is offline   Reply With Quote