Re: [Amc-list] clutch questions

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

-- Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


> i downshift all the time!  i never rush it and i almost always rev the
> engine to match speed at least approximately, not things drivers today
> are used to i'll grant.

AHA! Yeah, the "never rush it" part I think is what breaks these things! It 
is SLOOOOW to shift! It's so slow that, as I accellerate, 1, ... 2, ... 3, 
... drivers behind me occasionally almost crash into me in the lurch 
between 1st and 2nd. (It's a little bit interesting how much people 
anticipate your rate-of-accelleration.)

It takes pretty much a full second or more to upshift. The trans isn't bad, 
this shifter is dumb and simple but it's not broke. All the slots are 
definite. It's just slow!!

Shifting is actually the slowest thing about this car, by far. Performance 
is surprisingly good, I don't know why I get all these warnings about how 
slow this car is!

OHV, 2bbl, twin-stick and 3.77 axle sure helps. My '59 with L-Head and auto 
sure was slow!

(I momentarily contemplated putting the T150+OD in there... the trans alone 
is like 9" longer! Didn't even check fatness, likely it won't go for a 
number of reasons.)

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