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Prater

01-24-2006 10:59 AM

Tranny opinions

I am ditching my tranny project and going to look for trannies ready to go. What would you do for a trs, B/w or Merctrans and why? less than 500HP on the motor.

skaterboy

01-24-2006 12:01 PM

Re: Tranny opinions

I have two Huber600 trannys off of a 525EFI engines in excellent shape For Sale.

rdoactive

01-24-2006 12:44 PM

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Wow, easiest question on the board today.
B/W Velvet Drive. It's rated for about 500hp, it was used in the standard Merc package with TRS for over a decade, easy to find parts/rebuild.
The Merctrans was weak from the start and parts are hard to find.
Gary

cuda	01-24-2006 03:30 PM

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Is the motor already mounted? Which tranny you use will dictate where it needs to be mounted. All things being equal, I'd go with the BW. I just had a Merc trans rebuilt. You can still get all the parts. I've heard the merc is a Ford FMX transmission. I had them put the extra clutch disc in it while they were at it. I think it needed it. :)

Prater

01-24-2006 04:13 PM

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Nothing is mounted yet. I am still slowly working on the fiberglass. Just with all the cold weather ahead I figured I could start on the powertrain.

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