Following up on this topic, a friend with a Superformance, and RDI 427 (stroked 351w) and a Tremec 600 offered up his transmission for an investigation.
This is that investigation;
http://craigayl.home.comcast.net/600/
Following up on the 3rd gear alignment, I called
http://www.ddperformance.com/ . D&D acknowledged the misalignment, but said that they had only seen one failure and didn’t think it was a problem. They also said that they did not know of Tremec making any changes to correct the misalignment.
So where are we??? Is it problem?… It certainly was for Fordfan. No doubt the transmission would be way stronger if the gears were properly aligned. I guess if Tremec is not going to correct it, we will just have to wait and see. One thing is for sure though. If you do find yourself in this unfortunate spot and your dealer wants to deny responsibility because they claim you missed a shift and engaged the gear only halfway and upon releasing the clutch, caused the gear teeth to fail? You may want to consider some professional help….
BTW.... Excellent input by many on CC
Craig