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Oh, That. Sorry

Mines at 2420 with me in it now. His, don't know :rolleyes:

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The Cimarron was in storage for years and I was told it had been stolen. My Spirit (Artie Leongs old car) that I ran for many years I sold after I bought George Widuch's Volare Stocker. The Spirit was completely redone and looks beautiful but as far as I know is just sitting in a garage. I also had a SRT4 Neon that I ran in A/FS but I sold that also. At one time I owned the A-D/FS records all at once. Those little cars are a lot of fun but very difficult to drive competitively. All in all I had 18 National Records, 36 class wins and no race wins. Fun times! Jim


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Hey Dave. Yes I run a stick. It makes it more fun. The Trans doesn't hold up well once you start Leaning on them hard. The Diff's are an issue, second gear syncro's are a problem and the cases don't like being abused. I have more money in the transaxle than I do in the engine.

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Hmm, looks like I better stock up on these transaxles. Unless you know of a supplier for internals of these gearboxes? Yes, its more fun rowing gears.:D

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The Junk yard is the best supply of parts LOL. Sadly they are getting hard to find. Last time I needed something I went to Liberty Gears. I've got mine to the point where it's pretty reliable. It's a bit slower but I don't have to bring a spare trans with me everywhere I go.

Send me a PM I'll give you some tips.

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Dave, I've heard that the early 4 speed was stronger that the late 5 speed..I guess we'll see.
We never broke any of the early stuff. We used just enough rpm to hit the tree. Didn't try to rotate the earth on every pass.

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I still have my 91 Daytona stick car. Been thinking of getting it out again next year.

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Will Do.

I was looking through a catalog for rebuild kits for these and it looks like the earlier units have a larger input shaft bearing, so I'm getting that impression Mark. So a 5K clutch dump might be a bit much? A few times I was tempted to try what the ricer guys are doing and just put it on the rev limiter, 6200 in my case. Fear got the best of me.

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Not sure that the hydraulic clutch doesn't dampen it a bit.... 1.9, EFI might do just fine at 4 K

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Without a posi (or welded 🕷️ gears) getting a burnout that yielded a 60ft better than no burnout happened only once. That was the 2.15. That one bit but everything else is spinning a little. The waterbox guys tell me it spins one side a little and then the other. So I don't think I'll bother with a burnout anymore. Until I get the diff fixed, I can't accurately say how it "hits". 4k was a decent leave.