Re: [AMC-list] time to find a stout 5 spd

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

With that gearset and a 401 you'll still be free fallin, in neutral to save gas!

Take the 401 and save it for a rainy day...

4.0L and a 5 speed of your choice feeding into the rear axle of your choice with a 3-3.5 ratio and you'll be knocking down 25-30 mpg and sticking right to those guys back bumpers. Just allow enough room for braking!

3.89 is a pretty hefty gearset for today's cruising standards.

YMMV.

Liberty Gear used to make some super duty gearsets for T-5's.

Mark Price
Morgantown, WV 26508
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
"I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens!"

----- "Frank Swygert" <farna@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: "Frank Swygert" <farna@xxxxxxx>
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 6:04:05 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] time to find a stout 5 spd
>
> The only other suitable trans I can think of is the FOUR SPEED OD
> units that Ford used in some cars and F-100 trucks in the 80s and
> early 90s. Three speed with fourth gear OD. I'm pretty sure it fits
> the same bell as the T-5, which is an SR4 bell (from a six). It might
> be a bit stronger than the T-5. You could probably use a later Ford
> truck five speed. A Jeep 4.0L five speed might be your best bet. Not
> the Peugeot model that was used behind the Renix engine, but the AX-15
> or NV4500 used behind later models. It won't shift as fast and smooth
> as the T-5, but would certainly be stronger. They shift smooth enough
> for a cruiser.
> 
> Oh, "Free Fallin'" is Tom Petty...
> 
> -----------
> Date: 24 May 2010 04:14:54 -0000
> From:das24rules@xxxxxxxxx
> 
> casper aint about to be a race car. i would DIE if i was to wad that
> thing up
> in the wall. and i have the biggest tire i can fit under it right
> now.
> 245/45/17. i got 1" of clearance on the inside, and about 3/4"
> outside. i
> just want somethin that would be fun and cool to run around in and
> would KEEP
> UP with the other hotrods when i go on cruises with them. we got
> nothin but
> mountains here, and they always leave me goin up hill, and i gotta
> play like
> (i think its skynard) "now im freeeee.... free fallin" when i go down
> the
> hills so i can get a run for the next. lol. about the hardest work the
> tranny
> would get would be pulling my little 1200lb scamp camp trailer. anyone
> have
> any idea of another 5spd that would work behind a 401 that has o/d?
> the frod
> 9" i have that measures only about 1/2" wider is spooled, and has 3.89
> gears
> in it right now. it is set up with coil springs and triangular 4link.
> 
> -- 
> Frank Swygert
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