> David Tedore wrote:
> > I bought a 64 AH sprite race car last fall. It used to be raced SCCA.
> > It came with a rib case close ratio gear box.
> >
> > Form the get go this spring it has been poping out of 2nd gear under
> > power.
Dick Rothman writes:
> Bad news, David.
>
> Those trannys are just no good for racing.
> The solution is NOT CHEAP!! You need to go to a Richmond Instruments
> gearbox, made by Jack Mays in Richmond, CA. It will set you back around
> $3,300.00, but the things work, and are bullet proof.
Excuse me? Not only don't some clubs allow alternative gearboxes, but people
have been running ribcases for ever... Or are just referring to some straight
cut gear sets?
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