sequential gearboxes

[Pat Ford]

On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Eric Aos wrote:

> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:35:07 -0700
> From: Eric Aos <EOA at spartek.com>
> To: "'diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu'"
     <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
> Subject: Re: sequential gearboxes
> 
> >     Well I guess I will have to put my foot in my mouth on 
> > this one :-) I
> > have been shifting a 4 speed without "lifting" for over 25 
> > years. 
> 
> Amen to that one. My first car was a '69 GTO with a 455 and a crashbox
> Muncie. Used to go through 2 sets of synchros a year :)

I thought that a crash box has gears wiht NO syncros (like my 61 rover)
 1+2 no syncros and noisy as hell
 3+4 smallist syncros

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