Stick Dime Rockets

farmco r/sa · 11-01-2014, 09:14 AM

no word from Billy on this ?

Dwight Southerland · 11-01-2014, 09:51 AM

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.

The Hawk · 11-01-2014, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by farmco r/sa

no word from Billy on this ?

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

goinbroke2 · 11-01-2014, 10:51 AM

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?

Billy Nees · 11-01-2014, 12:47 PM

Dwight hit the nail on the head!

11-01-2014, 09:14 AM	#1
farmco r/sa Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: lakewood, co Posts: 558 Likes: 302 Liked 147 Times in 54 Posts	Re: Stick Dime Rockets no word from Billy on this ? __________________ Randy Hyman. Lakewood co. stk 5394 P/SA Last edited by farmco r/sa; 11-01-2014 at 09:16 AM.

11-01-2014, 09:51 AM	#2
Dwight Southerland VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Arkansas - In the middle of everything. Posts: 2,002 Likes: 64 Liked 783 Times in 195 Posts	Re: Stick Dime Rockets 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.

11-01-2014, 10:51 AM	#4
goinbroke2 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NS CANADA Posts: 902 Likes: 1,722 Liked 405 Times in 158 Posts	Re: Stick Dime Rockets 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?

11-01-2014, 12:47 PM	#5
Billy Nees VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: On a hilltop in Pa. Posts: 4,506 Likes: 3,613 Liked 7,865 Times in 1,750 Posts	Re: Stick Dime Rockets Dwight hit the nail on the head! __________________ Billy Nees 1188 STK, SS I'm not spending 100K to win 2K