Doug Nash 5spd ?
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Doug Nash 5spd ?
I am building a L88 C3. It's an original 427 car with a Doug Nash 5spd. It's not too user friendly on the street. Are these primarily a 1/4 mile trans.? Which trans. do I use for canyon driving, street, road racing?
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Must be something wrong...that's a great street trans. Ran one for years with my 427.
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Great street trans.
I have one in my 427 Small block '61 car with 3.08 gears (12 bolt). It is noisy like an M22, though. Line launches like a close ratio Muncie with 4.56 gears, and still only 3000 RPM at 80 MPH
Tip:
use GL-4 gear lube; if you use hypoid GL-5 lube, it slows the shifting down a bit as it takes the synchros longer to spool up as the GL-5 is more slippery.
Doug
I have one in my 427 Small block '61 car with 3.08 gears (12 bolt). It is noisy like an M22, though. Line launches like a close ratio Muncie with 4.56 gears, and still only 3000 RPM at 80 MPH
Tip:
use GL-4 gear lube; if you use hypoid GL-5 lube, it slows the shifting down a bit as it takes the synchros longer to spool up as the GL-5 is more slippery.
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Throw away the Hurst shifter and buy a Long Enterprises 5speed shifter. The Hurst shifters for the 5 speed have a bad reputation, Richmond finally had to include Long shifters on all their 5/6 speed transmissions to stop getting warranty claims from Hurst users.
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I had a Richmond 5 speed that I recently sold to another forum member. I just delivered it Saturday to another forum member (5speeds) for an overhaul. The guy I sold it to mentioned that you could separate the main case of the trans from the tailshaft housing and either install or remove the tranny that way. You might contact Richmond about it.
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I had a Richmond 5 speed that I recently sold to another forum member. I just delivered it Saturday to another forum member (5speeds) for an overhaul. The guy I sold it to mentioned that you could separate the main case of the trans from the tailshaft housing and either install or remove the tranny that way. You might contact Richmond about it.
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I had a Richmond 5 speed that I recently sold to another forum member. I just delivered it Saturday to another forum member (5speeds) for an overhaul. The guy I sold it to mentioned that you could separate the main case of the trans from the tailshaft housing and either install or remove the tranny that way. You might contact Richmond about it.
Every other time I needed to pull the trans or do clutch work I just pulled the engine out with the trans bolted on.
YMMV. Possibly there's just enough build tolerance/slop in our old cars where some tunnel areas are just a little roomier (or less in my car's case).
