Stick Dime Rockets
 

Is is possible to build a stick dime rocket ?

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Yes!! It would just be minus chassis and motor.

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Just carry a lot of cheap transmissions and rear ends because they are going to pitch parts on the ground.

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no word from Billy on this ?

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It would be possible for someone who REALLY understood clutches and transmissions. There are not many inexpensive transmissions that will stand up and inexpensive clutches would have to be smoked over to make them work well. That being said, if you happen upon obsolete race stuff for cheap, there is no reason to shun it. Before the advent of modern race designed manual transmissions, we all ran modified stock stuff that worked okay and could still be used.

Part of the situation that creates obstacles for the budget is that there is not a prolific number of common mass produced OEM transmissions that can be used. T-5s are not very stout, though they could be used in low HP applications. T-45s were never built with gear ratios that are very useful. And T-56s still command $1000+ prices. Then the required bellhousings are $500+ in most cases. Your best bet would be old race stuff.

If you have a good basis with a bellhousing and decent transmission to start with, you could do it. Starting from scratch would be very hard to keep it a bottom tier dime project.

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I`m sure Paul Wong said all. Mark Yacavone could tell some things as well.

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Vince Hazel ran a mid 80's camaro with a 2.8 and factory 5spd in V/S a couple years ago, I think it was -.500 or a bit more.

A stick dime rocket would probably fall to fwd cars though, I'd think. Not much power and if you keep a box of axles handy until you learn how hard to hit it off the line, could work?

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Dwight hit the nail on the head!

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Maybe. I'd rather discuss specifics here.
What did you have in mind?

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2.3l Turbo Coupe Thunderbird 1983-86 would probably be my choice. Can be done on a pretty tight budget with T5 trans.Phillip Bush ran one at 2005 Sportsnats with stock T5 and O'Reilly Auto Reman clutch assembly with factory ECM. I/FI Phillip Bush, D'iberville MS, '88 Thunderb 13.420 13.65 -0.230. Blew a head gasket on this pass., I/FI Phillip Bush, D'iberville MS, '88 T-Bird 13.208 13.65 -0.442. I/FI Phillip Bush, D'iberville MS, '88 T-Bird 13.172 13.65 -0.478.