5 Speed Tranny

[cobracmdr]

Merry Christmas you 5 speed swappers!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1988-PONTIAC-GRAND-PRIX-MANUAL-TRANSMISSION_W0QQitemZ260328174093QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item260328174093&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=72%3A727%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Ken

[flybynite]

 Not a bad deal...  I bought a brand new 282 for a quad 4 H.O. and put the bell housing off of the trans you sold me for the 3.1 for about the same price, but I didn't half to pay labor for the swap...  ;)   I'm thinkin the closer gear ratios in the quad 4 trans will help lower my quarter mile times...  We will see next year   :icon_mrgreen:

[cobracmdr]

Excellent Adam!  I'll look forward to some quarter mile times!  I have been doing some thinking about this whole FWD drag racing experience I have had and came to the following conclusions:

- Drag radials are a no no with wheel hop.  Why?  Simple they are a radial and have too stiff a sidewall, although they stick when they hop I think it is way worse a shock on the drivetrain than if you were running a street tire for this reason.

- A nice set of ET streets or Drag radials with a nice tall sidewall would be best for preserving axles and intermediate shafts.  Wrinkle walls will absorb the shock a lot better from wheel hop thus preserving the drivetrain and preventing axle breakage.  I would really like to see someone take a 5 speed car to the track with some tires like this.  I'm sure you have a set laying around that will fit Adam ;)

Ken

[twinturbosedan]

i have bought PLENTY of parts from Nordstrom's.  good guys to deal with for sure.  they even have a couple of TGPs engines fwiw.

i used to live about half hour from them.

EDIT: they even have an LG5 on ebay right now...from a maroon TSTE!:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1990-PONTIAC-GRAND-PRIX-ENGINE-MOTOR_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1713Q2em153Q2el1262QQcategoryZ33615QQihZ016QQitemZ260328079906

[pontiac6ksteawd]

I wouldnt trust the tranny as far as I could throw it based on the pics. Looks like some kid owned the car, and was ricing it. So that means a whole bunch of neutral drops, etc..

Sucks on that Maroon TSTE, that car was repairable to me. Of course I have a thing for them... I WANT ONE!!!

[TGP Nick]

How the hell do you do a neutral drop on a mtx? :laugh:

[pontiac6ksteawd]

well, not nuetral drops, but, red lining the engine, and spinning tires.. you know what I mean...