Thats correct, my car pulls like a freight train in 5th. Problem is Dale
can't locate any more tail housings so can't fabricate them anymore.
72 Pantera-65 Tiger-96 Thunderbird 4.6
On Sat, 11 Apr 1998 08:41:35 -0400 Alvin and Lucille Johnson
<johnson@ids.net> writes:
>If i were keeping my Tiger, I would definitely install a 5-speed. I
>understand Dale has an installation kit available and I exchanged
>E-mail
>with Tom Hall when he was working on engineering an installation that
>would require no rerpositioning of the shift hole opening. I think
>Dale
>has a kit that even uses the original shift lever for an original
>appearance.
> What's current in that regard, you left coast guys?
>The thing is, if you are exhilarated with accelleration, the easiest
>way
>to get it in a Tiger is through gears. The 288s it came with are
>designed for top end speed, and detract from acceleration. My mild 289
>Tiger was virtually unbeatable with a 331 rear, but it became
>undriveable at cruising speeds, so I went to 307s. The 331 gears shift
>the powerband up, but the resulting RPMs at 65mph are unworkable. The
>way to have both accelleration AND a reasonable cruising speed is via
>a
>5-speed, and 331 gears. Then Laifman's complaints about a "useless"
>5th
>gear are no longer valid.
>Al J.
>
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