In Reply to: Your favorite gear...(3rd), JustinHiFi [Profile/Gallery] , Tue, 27 Feb 2001 12:49:28

I'd like to open a topic for discussion among the gear-heads out there.

Last fall, I was talking to Dave at SPG9, and we were talking trannies. I had some questions on clutch replacement. During the course of the discussion, he hinted that maybe sometime in the next year or so he (and SPG9) was going to come up with a re-engineered retrofit tranny that corrected some of the weaknesses of the 5 speeds we now have. In passing, he mentioned something about the design of the third gear being the weakest part of the engine. He was saying something like the shaft that's engaged when you're in third doesn't have a bearing in the middle to support it, or that it wasn't anchored the same way to the transmission case, or words to that effect. My memory's a little foggy on that part of the conversation, but what I do remember is resolving not to go to top-of-the-redzone boost in third gear after our discussion.

Can anyone shed more light on this? Am I hallucinating here, or is there something peculiar/different/flawed about third gear and support for the shafts and rotating machinery in the tranny as compared to the other gears? I'm hoping someone who's taken one of these apart or rebuilt it might have an idea. Dave seemed to be telling me it was a design deficiency that he'd like to correct.

I freely admit I don't know what I'm talking about here, so please jump in if you have hands-on knowledge. Thanks!

- = M = -
(BTW, I'll only do WOT/redzone boosting in 4th or 5th gears. Don't ever need it in 1st/2nd, and don't want to break anything in 3rd!)

• Your favorite gear...(3rd), JustinHiFi , Tue, 27 Feb 2001 12:49:28
  • Beware of Third Gear..., Monster, Thu, 1 Mar 2001 00:47:22 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Any one that does not require double clutching! n/m, Mike H, Tue, 27 Feb 2001 17:00:14
    • What's wrong with double-clutching?, Bogie, Wed, 28 Feb 2001 07:45:24
  • Freewheeling! (no gear) n/m, TWD, Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:23:31
  • Re: My favorite gear., Terry Meitz, Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:11:11
    • Re: My favorite gear., RS , Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:01:24
      • Re: My favorite gear.Thanks, Terry Meitz, Wed, 28 Feb 2001 09:12:55
    • Re: My favorite gear., chrisx, Tue, 27 Feb 2001 15:11:28
    • self pity!?!?! .....dude, your car is BAD! ...>>>, chrystobal, Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:57:55
      • Come to Finland 2001 conv. and buy many..., Kalle, Wed, 28 Feb 2001 11:42:22
      • Re: self pity!?!?! .....dude, your car is BAD! ...>>> Thanks, Terry Meitz, Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:33:23
        • $800!!! there is a god! good copage on that. nm, chrystobal, Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:43:44
    • Pretty well, if you haven't blown it yet!eom, Jeff S., Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:44:07
    • Got yourself a rare one! Looks pretty good, too. n/m, Nathan Work, Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:13:40
      • Re: Got yourself a rare one! Looks pretty good, too. n/m, Leon Eakins, Tue, 27 Feb 2001 15:59:09
      • Re: Got yourself a rare one! Looks pretty good, too. n/m, Terry Meitz, Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:43:03
  • 2nd & 3rd..., Liam, Tue, 27 Feb 2001 13:52:10
  • 3rd, 4th, 5th, Jeff Cunningham, Tue, 27 Feb 2001 12:30:06
    • Do a test..., Jeff S., Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:42:49
      • Sorry,...., Jeff S., Thu, 1 Mar 2001 16:32:38
      • in what gear? then what? TIA/ck nm, chrystobal, Tue, 27 Feb 2001 15:00:23
    • Re: 3rd, 4th, 5th, Tony715, Tue, 27 Feb 2001 13:18:24
    • 3rd, JustinHiFi , Tue, 27 Feb 2001 12:32:10
  • i kind of like second and fourth, actually..., chrystobal, Tue, 27 Feb 2001 12:58:00

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