Rowdy1
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- Joined
- Mar 26, 2001
- Messages
- 1,180
- Location
- Lake Hopatcong, NJ
- Corvette
- 1962 CORVETTE-SOLD 2004 Z16 Z06 CE
Well I got the 62 back and I couldn't be happier with it. After much research and many phone calls and emails I bought a kit from www.ClassicChevy5Speed.com which includes a TKO 600 Tremec 5 speed transmission machined to fit C1's, crossmember mount, speedo calibrated gear, driveshaft, and a McLoud shifter that is second to none. No chopping up the car, no welding, shifter comes up in the stock location and is the smoothest most positive shifter I've ever seen. I'm talking a basic bolt up kit, soup to nuts. The guys there are the best in my opinion, Jeff & Scott were available to answer my every question before my purchase, all through the install and after. It's made my 62 a much more enjoyable drive with a 5th gear ratio of .064 to one and lower gears than I had with the Richmond gear Super T10. I can't say enough about the kit or them. If you were like I was with a 4 speed wanting go fast low gears but being limited to top end and economy with a high rear end, this is the way to go. I dropped my RPM's at 65 MPH from 3600 to 2080 and actually gained a little more on the low end.