Originally Posted by bjuice
Originally Posted by Scorpion1110
Zip:
You are right about Muncie flex. However the aftermarket makes a cast iron midplate that reduces it significantly- at least the ones I have thrown together for guys seem to be OK.
I put them together on the side for guys and use the cast iron midplate, the bigger front bearing, grooved bushing on number 1, and torq lock sliders as upgrades. I have a friend thrashing one right now in a high horse 65 Chevelle.
Also if you are worried about leakage where the countershaft exits the front of the case, it can be bushed there (though I use a little permatex hi-tack and it cleans up any bit of slop in the press-fit)
B, if you decide to keep the Muncie, I can rebuild it for you with the upgrades pretty reasonably- Just a fall back if you dont do the 5-6 speed upgrade.
S
thanks scorp this week I plan to dial in a little closer to what I want to do..my concern is that I am hard on banging gears..I cannot stand it (
I think what helped bomb this last one is that I put two friend in the back seat (more weight)...got on a deserted Stretch of PRIVATE road....dumped the clutch at 6,000 rpm, banged 2nd crosssed it up ( with a Big smile I might add) was just about to get the car straight (petal still matted I might ad) and reached to grab 3rd gear and KA-BOOM,,It sounded like I was dragging the shifter levers on the asphalt under the car,,but it was actual metal tumbling in the case.
( .. DISCLAIMER -Kids dont try this at Home...I was on a shut down Airforce base, No cars,tree's or ditches ...Zip you do remember Donaldson Center AFB just up the road from Starlight Dragstrip don't you ?)
Yep i remember the AFB :lol: Would've made a better dragstrip than Starlite dragway.
When i moved to Anderson in 1968, i brought with me 3 or 4 boxes of Muncie,T10's and Ford top loader gears and parts. I had aquired them from an asphalt rounde,round team that shut down. I sold Gene Cromer abut $500.00 worth of ford top loader parts. I haven't built a 4 speed box in 40 yrs. but i do recall the problems with the mucies. They didn't have the cast iron midplates available in those days, i used to remove alternate 2 teeth on the sliders and mating teeth on the gears, never used a clutch to shift. My first cousins husband had a 64 Biscyne with a 409/425HP that used to go thru a trans every month or so. He had a gas station in Anderson when i moved there. He later ran a towing service and garage, until his death by cancer about 5 yrs. ago You may know the name (last name Sturgil) my first cousin and daugher still live there and her sister also with daugher and kids. I hadn't seen them in 25 yrs until i attend their mothers funeral a couple yrs ago in Ala.They are 1 yr older and 1 yr younger than me. I still plan to come back there before i croak.
Zip.