[video] tsw71 gearbanging :)
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[video] tsw71 gearbanging :)
Hey guys, took some vids today. They don't do this car justice, tsw71's car sounds WICKED when he gets on it, and you really have to be there to enjoy the 1-2 shift. K-pow!
http://www.vettefinders.com/registri...bi/12shift.mpg
^---edited for a G rating, ;) maybe Tom would like to explain.
http://www.vettefinders.com/registri.../alltheway.mpg
-Steve(Bay Area Cameraman)
http://www.vettefinders.com/registri...bi/12shift.mpg
^---edited for a G rating, ;) maybe Tom would like to explain.
http://www.vettefinders.com/registri.../alltheway.mpg
-Steve(Bay Area Cameraman)
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Re: [video] tsw71 gearbanging :) (Pacin'California)
Steve, Thanks for doing the video. It's damn cool !! :cool: Hopefully, I'll get my clutch linkage and shifter probelms worked out soon so we can have even more fun bangin gears :smash: :smash:
OK, now for the explination of the very short first video. I'm having a problem with the centering springs on my Long shifter for the 5 speed. It makes banging third gear a bit of a challenge, since the uneven spring pessure of the shifter makes it want to go back into 1st ,and if I over compensate, it will end up in 5th :cuss To make a long story short, I lost my cool when it did it again and used some language not suitable for the forum :bb :bb :bb The second video shows how tough it is to get into third gear. Looks like I have another project for next weekend :yesnod: :yesnod:
OK, now for the explination of the very short first video. I'm having a problem with the centering springs on my Long shifter for the 5 speed. It makes banging third gear a bit of a challenge, since the uneven spring pessure of the shifter makes it want to go back into 1st ,and if I over compensate, it will end up in 5th :cuss To make a long story short, I lost my cool when it did it again and used some language not suitable for the forum :bb :bb :bb The second video shows how tough it is to get into third gear. Looks like I have another project for next weekend :yesnod: :yesnod:
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Re: [video] tsw71 gearbanging :) (inferno-vette)
tsw71,
I know what you mean with the 3rd gear shift. What trans do you have?
Paul
I know what you mean with the 3rd gear shift. What trans do you have?
Paul
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Re: [video] tsw71 gearbanging :) (Pacin'California)
Very :cool: Good work guys. We'll have to hook up one of these weekends again. Aside from some header tick-tick-tick I gott lick, mine's mobile and ready for action! :)
I wanna video of mine! ;) Though mine's not nearly as nice looking as Tom's. BTW, Tom, I have been meaning to ask where you got yours painted. (at least it looks freshly painted).
thanks for the vids.
-terry
[Modified by terryrudy, 8:02 AM 7/1/2002]
I wanna video of mine! ;) Though mine's not nearly as nice looking as Tom's. BTW, Tom, I have been meaning to ask where you got yours painted. (at least it looks freshly painted).
thanks for the vids.
-terry
[Modified by terryrudy, 8:02 AM 7/1/2002]
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Re: [video] tsw71 gearbanging :) (terryrudy)
Though mine's not nearly as nice looking as Tom's. BTW, Tom, I have been meaning to ask where you got yours painted. (at least it looks freshly painted).
thanks for the vids.
-terry
[Modified by terryrudy, 8:02 AM 7/1/2002]
thanks for the vids.
-terry
[Modified by terryrudy, 8:02 AM 7/1/2002]
Bill White at Bill White's Glassworks in Santa Clara is the guy to talk to now, but I hope you're not in a hurry to get it painted. Ask Chuck Harmon about that? He has been waiting for about a year now. :eek: :eek:
Yeah, we'll have to set up some sort of get together . You're always welcome to come hang out and bench race in my driveway. A half dozen Corvettes in front of my house should make for a good picture :yesnod:
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Re: [video] tsw71 gearbanging :) (tsw71)
Tom - At what rpm to you generally shift and what's your red line? I need to get someone with a sound camera and make a few videos. I'm going to have on all new tires for the Laguna Seca Corvette Corral. So I can go ahead and waste what I have left of these.
[Modified by gkull, 3:47 PM 7/1/2002]
[Modified by gkull, 3:47 PM 7/1/2002]
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Re: [video] tsw71 gearbanging :) (gkull)
George, Redline is about 6400. I usually shift about 5700. On the first video, I think I ran it to about 5700. On the second video, I probably reved to around 5500 in first and second, and then ran third to only 4500.
