N00b question... How fast could this spin...and work?

[betterthanyou]

Any clue as to what the GM FWD sport compact drag car is running?

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[v6h.o.]

Any clue as to what the GM FWD sport compact drag car is running?

Which one, There are a few. However the ECOtec ones are using a modified HD4T65E,

If they are using a manual in some of them then It would likely be the new style Getrag (which bends shift forks in an instant) The new SS 2.0L supercharged Cobalts use a heavier duty 5spd Getrag, So possibly this one IF they are using a manual in some of the cars. But I know for sure that the sponsored GM cars are using the Auto.

[Ortie666]

ya the borg warner 5 speed rocks, u can shift as hard as u can pull it and and rpm, wayover 8000

[betterthanyou]

Any clue as to what the GM FWD sport compact drag car is running?

Which one, There are a few. However the ECOtec ones are using a modified HD4T65E,

If they are using a manual in some of them then It would likely be the new style Getrag (which bends shift forks in an instant) The new SS 2.0L supercharged Cobalts use a heavier duty 5spd Getrag, So possibly this one IF they are using a manual in some of the cars. But I know for sure that the sponsored GM cars are using the Auto.

If it is RWD and a manual it is probabally a Lenco Style so they do not have to clutch the beast. But as far as I know there is no Lenco style trans for a FWD application

[TurboZ24]

$$ could fix his issues, And these problems can be sorted out, But he's not interested and say's he's just going to street drive the car from now on I guess.

Actually my biggest fear is sinking 1000-1400 into a differential that will last, replacing/working on all the syncros so they will shift only too have the output or input shaft shear and ruin the thousands I just spent too build up a tranny. Also, cost effictiveness is an issue. For the cost of building a manual too take the abuse (probably several thousand bucks including a differential), I could buy a RWD Chasis (Say an Opel GT), a tranny and maybe even a rear end too put my motor into.

Don't get me wrong, I love my car, but breaking it all the time is no fun either.

[smilinguy99]

But as far as I know there is no Lenco style trans for a FWD application

Here's something on par with a Lenco. No planetaries. Uses airshifting:

http://www.g-forcetransmissions.com/tran_gt-50.asp

Quaife, Xtrac, and Hewland and others make sequential fwd racing boxes for touring cars, and one of these guys make them for some drag racing classes.

[Jerriko34]

aluminum rods (i wouldnt take steel rods that high)

Why in the fuck would you rev aluminum rods higher than steel ones? Is there something I am missing here besides ignorance?

[Will'sFiero]

"no 60 degree will rev that high and stay togethor. "

Did you ignore that the 3.6 VVT built by GM for racing goes past 10k? Sure, its twin turbo but its a 60V6.

Umm... it also shares absolutely no parts with the traditional 60 degree V6 (now the "high value" V6, as opposed to the VVT, which is the "high feature" V6).

[betterthanyou]

aluminum rods (i wouldnt take steel rods that high)

Why in the fuck would you rev aluminum rods higher than steel ones? Is there something I am missing here besides ignorance?

Aluminum rods are always used for high rpm and high horsepower engines. Our funny car uses forged aluminum H-Beam rods.

[eliteweapons]

Some people don't think about weight in a rotating mass and the multipliers at higher rpms.