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Old 08-22-2017, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Karl Bebout View Post
Only down side for me is the top loader. I've gotten spoiled with having a 5th for overdrive. Perhaps I just like to cruise a little too fast?
Have you ever noticed me not being able to keep up with the rest of you with my 289 and toploader...????

The toploader is butter ... B-U-T-T-E-R. Easily the nicest manual transmission I've ever rowed through the gears (and I'm a die-hard Muncie guy)

5th gear is for weenies.

However, I do agree that the 3.73 rear end in that SPF is WAY too short (especially with pizza slicer tires) - 3.27's (or even 3.08's) would have been IDEAL with the 4-speed for that car.
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