manual trans and clutch quaetion

Jim Hawkins · 02-22-2023, 12:13 PM

I do not think you could go wrong with a G Force G101A and a McLeod soft loc. I ran a jerico in my SS car. I broke a shift finger, reverse lever and finally all the teeth off of 3rd gear. The shift finger breakage I think they cured with a brace between 1-2 and 3-4. I added that. The reverse shift lever was alum. had one made from steel. 3rd. gear I was told because of 3rd. gear burnouts.
I had about 4 different clutches thru my car and the soft loc was very repeatable. The super lightweight stuff was a couple ticks faster but not as easy to work with when you are first learning as I was.
Get a bellhousing with a window for counterweight access, some type of floor removal for base adjust, a easy to adjust pedal stop, hole in bellhousing for air gap checking and a adjustable 2 step switch. Spend the time getting all that done nice and you will be good to go.
I switched to a auto. 2 years ago and hate it. Thought it would be "easier", far from it. Car lost 5 tenths and is no fun anymore.
Going back to a stick with a G101A with a soft loc and also have a black magic single 10".

02-22-2023, 12:13 PM	#11
Jim Hawkins Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 198 Likes: 89 Liked 115 Times in 35 Posts	Re: manual trans and clutch quaetion I do not think you could go wrong with a G Force G101A and a McLeod soft loc. I ran a jerico in my SS car. I broke a shift finger, reverse lever and finally all the teeth off of 3rd gear. The shift finger breakage I think they cured with a brace between 1-2 and 3-4. I added that. The reverse shift lever was alum. had one made from steel. 3rd. gear I was told because of 3rd. gear burnouts. I had about 4 different clutches thru my car and the soft loc was very repeatable. The super lightweight stuff was a couple ticks faster but not as easy to work with when you are first learning as I was. Get a bellhousing with a window for counterweight access, some type of floor removal for base adjust, a easy to adjust pedal stop, hole in bellhousing for air gap checking and a adjustable 2 step switch. Spend the time getting all that done nice and you will be good to go. I switched to a auto. 2 years ago and hate it. Thought it would be "easier", far from it. Car lost 5 tenths and is no fun anymore. Going back to a stick with a G101A with a soft loc and also have a black magic single 10".