427 SBC TUNNEL RAM

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Re: 427 SBC TUNNEL RAM

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redliner wrote: Mon Jul 16, 2018 1:05 pm DO NOT LIFT ON SHIFT!! problem solved....

Best post ever !!! just lightly foot tap the clutch pedal and YANK the handle on the shift...repeat.....
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If/when an assistant views the car from the rear as you drive it/shift it,
is there any visable exhaust smoke on the shift?
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Re: IF/when an assistnt427 SBC TUNNEL RAM

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F-BIRD'88 wrote: Tue Jul 17, 2018 6:26 pm If/when an assistant views the car from the rear as you drive it/shift it,
is there any visable exhaust smoke on the shift?
I video'd the car with me nailing it in first gear and no smoke. Maybe 200 km on the engine. It was dyno'd but still pretty fresh.
79 Cmaro, 427 sbc, Tunnel Ram Dual Quad with Eddy carbs, AFR 210 Race Ready heads, 263-272 @.50 Comp solid roller cam, 4.10's and a faceplated Tremec TKO 600.
65 Beaumont 406 tunnel ram faceplated TKO600
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Re: IF/when an assistnt427 SBC TUNNEL RAM

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F-BIRD'88 wrote: Tue Jul 17, 2018 6:26 pm If/when an assistant views the car from the rear as you drive it/shift it,
is there any visable exhaust smoke on the shift?
With a faceplated trans that's all you have to do but sometimes I forget... :D
79 Cmaro, 427 sbc, Tunnel Ram Dual Quad with Eddy carbs, AFR 210 Race Ready heads, 263-272 @.50 Comp solid roller cam, 4.10's and a faceplated Tremec TKO 600.
65 Beaumont 406 tunnel ram faceplated TKO600
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