Originally Posted By: Olas
Tremec are ok at designing and building gearboxes, certainly better at it than Ford are, but;
Why is nobody talking about Quaife?
Because very few want, or would be willing to pay for, an $80K, base V-8, Mustang.
Also, almost none of the U.S. public would put up with the straight cut gears/dog ring SCREAM (and CRUNCHING/BANGING when engaging first gear) of their sequentials, or even their H pattern boxes (I, for one, would IF it were reasonalble, but I am the exception here in the states).
Tremec are ok at designing and building gearboxes, certainly better at it than Ford are, but;
Why is nobody talking about Quaife?
Because very few want, or would be willing to pay for, an $80K, base V-8, Mustang.
Also, almost none of the U.S. public would put up with the straight cut gears/dog ring SCREAM (and CRUNCHING/BANGING when engaging first gear) of their sequentials, or even their H pattern boxes (I, for one, would IF it were reasonalble, but I am the exception here in the states).