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Nice looking Ride Bone !...you gonna break down and do the 5 or 6 speed when you convert the tranny ? I am glad to hear you struck that Deal !

not to skip subjects but I am Knee deep in My 6 speed conversion....got the bell housing off and found a crack in it.. :cry:

having the drive shaft shortened 2 inches, took out the center force clutch and replaced it with a Ram, having the plate resurfaced...went with a New long shifter and Of course a Richmond 6 speed tranny.

Here is the pleasent surprise. I thought the car was going to have a 3.73 gear in it and I was prepared to change it to a higher gear to have the best of Both Worlds with the 6th speed..So when I pulled the rear end apart I immediatley saw it had a after market richmond gear...counted up the teeth and someone put a 3.08 back in it with a P/T unit that looked brand New YES !!!!! that saved me that expense because my plans where to replace the 3.73 with a 3.08.

another good thing is it has a 10 bolt rear end but its a 8.5 carrier which is just as strong as a 12 bolt...THE car will never have any slicks on it trying to make dead hook passes at the track...the most I could ever see is a set of radials and a mild pass just to have Fun.

Now the Next step is to send off the carb to APD and have them convert the CARB to Run E-85....Several local Spinx gas stations carry the E-85 and its about .50 cents cheaper on the gallon then 93....I know it burns Quicker ( This stuff is Alcohols twin sister ) and with it being 105 octane I can afford to angle Mill the heads a little and run a little more compression whenever I freshen up the engine.

I want to say its most likley 10:1 right now..I'd say taking it 12:1 running e-85 would be some decent gains in HP and TQ

But back to you Harb.,..give us some more shots when you get the car home...and congrats My man...I LUV IT ALREADY IN THE PICS YOU POSTED. Also I plan on the shorter spoiler and split bumper myself...thats a killer look on any 70 to 73 camaro IMO..