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Old 09-06-2021, 05:29 PM   #2
AcampoDave
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Re: Anyone running the new Tremec TKX 5 speed?

Their website says available with 3 different ratios but only gives 2 of them. I am no tranny expert, but I wonder what kind of drivetrain set-up you have, in what kind of truck and how would you be driving that truck? I did a lot of reading up on ratios when I swapped my 3 ring Saginaw for a Muncie M22Z and went from a 2.76 rear with a 3.50 first to a 3.08 rear and a 2.98 first. I don't remember the figures for the other gears now but the Saginaw had a wierd spread 1st and 2nd were close and 3rd and 4th were wide. The Muncie is nice with a rythmic winding of the motor between shifts. I feel that to be super important in a street rod tranny. I'm not into racing or burnouts and stuff so I wanted a good all around driving set-up. I get that people like a torquey first gear, but shifting into second before I've even cleared the midlle of an intersection just isn't me. (Which is exactly what happened when I combined the 3.50 first of the Saginaw with the 3.08 rear)

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