I used it in the j-type for all of last year. Shifted just fine -- and that was
usually at about 5500 RPM in third gear. Dropped it back down while
decelerating into turns. Never gave me any problem. This last fall I put a
Toyota 5 speed from a 94 pickup in the car using Herman Van Den Akkers's
conversion kit. The kit is great, the tranny not so great. Three times a
couple of weekends ago when on the Pacific Raceways track I out it into third
instead of 5th -- not sure why the engine is still together [though the RPM
spikes were very brief]. It is very hard to tell if it made it to 5th [I was
nervous about this before even starting, so was very aware of trying to be in
5th each time -- once per lap -- that I shifted. When I did get it there the
car is now hitting over 6000 RPM before turn two, and I think that is about
130-135 MPH!
Chuck
Randall Young wrote:
> > I'm a big big fan of synthetics in the tranny and rear end. I use
> > Redline MTL or MT-90 in pretty much every gearbox,
>
> Ok, since someone has already broached the subject ... does anyone have
> experiences with Redline's MT-90 in A-type (or J-type) overdrives to share ?
>
> They seem to think it would work well (I specifically asked about the fiber
> clutch), but I haven't tried it yet.
>
> Randall
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