4 Spd Jerico w/ '99 Motor
#42
Well, I know it's been a while, but I figured I would share some pictures with you guys. I'm still waiting on some parts for the install. I almost feel bad putting the tranny under the car where no one will see it, because it looks really nice on my shop floor. I'm just hoping after the install, it' won't have anymore time on my shop floor!
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I bet it is strong and light. A buddy of mine is running a Jerico competitor with a fairly tall rear gear and a tall first gear. He coasts through the pits pretty quickly at idle and uses a winch to load the car on the trailer, but first gear is a very usable gear on the track for him (turn 7 at Road Atlanta) and he can still reach 160+ in top gear regularly on the back straight. It's a SBC engine though.
#47
No it is pretty applicable. Andrew seems adamant that it wont work for the track snobs so this is pretty much an auto-x only tranny choice on this site. The 3.63 rear gear would make 4th almost like a 1.6's 5th, and you can work back from there on the ratios. And run the car in 2nd at auto-x.
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Yeah, the track snobs can either change their diff to run around the 1:1 4th gear. or run ALLOFIT with a gearvendors overdrive. Cause if you're spending a few grand, why not spend a few grand more. 8 gears should make them happy. There's an incredible amount of ratios looking at Jerico's 4speed gear ratio chart.
#49
Yeah, the track snobs can either change their diff to run around the 1:1 4th gear. or run ALLOFIT with a gearvendors overdrive. Cause if you're spending a few grand, why not spend a few grand more. 8 gears should make them happy. There's an incredible amount of ratios looking at Jerico's 4speed gear ratio chart.
The overdrive is interesting. Is it also side shifted so possible to build an insane shifter that automatically shifts it as you move and moves back to 1st gear. (yay for complex as **** linkages).
#51
Yeah, the track snobs can either change their diff to run around the 1:1 4th gear. or run ALLOFIT with a gearvendors overdrive. Cause if you're spending a few grand, why not spend a few grand more. 8 gears should make them happy. There's an incredible amount of ratios looking at Jerico's 4speed gear ratio chart.