[Vegas69]

I called American Powertrain and left a message with no call back. Next time I called we went over my plans and they promised a call back and estimate in my inbox. Nothing.... I like a few things that they do. They modify the tailshaft housing for more clearance, offer the better shifter, and they have aluminum crossmembers. They also offer a adapter plate to hook up a old school Muncie/TKO bellhousing to a t56 mag. They have to change the input shaft and I'm not crazy about that part. I'll likely get it from Hurst and source a crossmember. I plan to gut my girl like a pig. I want to get the drivetrain angle up to around 2.5-3 degrees. They claim the Magnum will shift clean to 7400. I got to thinking about my missed shifts and it's almost always coming out of the corner on a road course in 2nd gear. I tend to get alot of wheel spin and that leads to a rapid RPM gain towards redline. Under full traction it's been pretty good since I modified it. I'm just hoping the Magnum is capable of curing this problem. I tend to have a knack for finding the limit of everything. I really don't want to cross the line with a full blown racing trans. I still like a quiet trans with overdrive. Again, trying to walk that line between race/comfort. I do think I'll stay with my manual linkage to save a few bucks as I've seen to many throwout bearing failures around here with aftermarket parts. I really liked the feel of your hydraulic set up Doug and feel it's superior in feel and ergomonics. I just can't talk myself into giving up the reliability of a manual set up along with the $$$$.