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If you have the cash, anything can be made.
If you can find a place to cut the gears, then yes. If you just want to buy something off of the shelf, then no. Yet another reason to secretly despise those FD owners. :smirk:
If you can find a place to cut the gears, then yes. If you just want to buy something off of the shelf, then no. Yet another reason to secretly despise those FD owners. :smirk:
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Originally Posted by Apex13B' date='Jan 13 2003, 08:02 PM
now all we need to do is add in electro-hydraulically actuated(sp) gear sliders and we'll be all set...position feed back on the gear stick hooked up to the motec M880 ($10,000 ecu) and have it cut ignition when you pull or push lightly on the gear stick and VOILA......WRC/F1 tranny
paddles if you like too!!! :bigok:
1/2 a million spent
...go with ito-spec :yum:
paddles if you like too!!! :bigok:
1/2 a million spent
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Originally Posted by Jerk_Racer' date='Jan 14 2003, 11:38 AM
If you have the cash, anything can be made.
If you can find a place to cut the gears, then yes. If you just want to buy something off of the shelf, then no. Yet another reason to secretly despise those FD owners. :smirk:
If you can find a place to cut the gears, then yes. If you just want to buy something off of the shelf, then no. Yet another reason to secretly despise those FD owners. :smirk:
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Bah, I like getting to 160 really ******* fast.. **** that top speed ****... The damn car is scarry enough not flying threw the air upside down.... :bigok:
I head once you can get a 5.somthing once out of some mazda truck or big car that can be made to fit, but you don't have any good gear choices for the FC, that's why you should drop in a Ford 9".. every gear you can ever want for that bad boy and cheap diff's too.. There was sombody selling a drop in kit for the FC a while back, but I can't remember who... :redface:
I head once you can get a 5.somthing once out of some mazda truck or big car that can be made to fit, but you don't have any good gear choices for the FC, that's why you should drop in a Ford 9".. every gear you can ever want for that bad boy and cheap diff's too.. There was sombody selling a drop in kit for the FC a while back, but I can't remember who... :redface:
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Originally Posted by Dragon' date='Jan 14 2003, 11:50 AM
Bah, I like getting to 160 really ******* fast.. **** that top speed ****... The damn car is scarry enough not flying threw the air upside down.... :bigok:
I head once you can get a 5.somthing once out of some mazda truck or big car that can be made to fit, but you don't have any good gear choices for the FC, that's why you should drop in a Ford 9".. every gear you can ever want for that bad boy and cheap diff's too.. There was sombody selling a drop in kit for the FC a while back, but I can't remember who... :redface:
I head once you can get a 5.somthing once out of some mazda truck or big car that can be made to fit, but you don't have any good gear choices for the FC, that's why you should drop in a Ford 9".. every gear you can ever want for that bad boy and cheap diff's too.. There was sombody selling a drop in kit for the FC a while back, but I can't remember who... :redface:
I'm with you on the top speed thing.
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Dont think you can adapt a 9" to be IRS being a solid axle rear and all.
The hot rodders use Jaguar rears to have IRS, not sure how strong they are, but some of them run some beefy set-ups with those rears
The hot rodders use Jaguar rears to have IRS, not sure how strong they are, but some of them run some beefy set-ups with those rears
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there is nothing wrong with my 4.10 gears why change it ?
the easiest car to put a ford 9" is a first gen...... you can put mosler axles on it too ! that is a damn good drag car ! light and solid axle!
the easiest car to put a ford 9" is a first gen...... you can put mosler axles on it too ! that is a damn good drag car ! light and solid axle!
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Originally Posted by amp' date='Jan 14 2003, 02:49 PM
vosko...
why not just cryogenically treat the internals and run an oil cooler...
a better solution to an otherwise expensive aftermarket tranny your lookin at....
why not just cryogenically treat the internals and run an oil cooler...
a better solution to an otherwise expensive aftermarket tranny your lookin at....