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>> -Probably have to slip the clutch to get it moving...torque does
>not
>> really come in until 4000rpm. But the clutch should take it as you
>can
>> get a drag bike/Formula USA 10 plate clutch for it.
>
>No useable torque until 4000rpm puts it into the "Type R" Acura
>Integra
>category. Shifting so much you feel like you're rowing a boat!
>
>Possibly great on the track, but for daily driving and accelleration
>out of
>corners, no torque is certain doom.
>
>IMHO
>
>Scott Meyers
>60 Bugeye 1275
>Went from the 300+' Isky cam to a stock cam;
>HUGE amount of torque available now :-)
>
I agree that it would be a pain as a daily driver...especially without
reverse :-)
But oh what a sound.....6 speeds, sequential shifting, never clutch just
lift and shift, close ratio gearbox.
I think I'd be running it around at 6000-10000 rpm just to listen to it!
Richard L. Bergstrom
Central Virginia British Car Club
Richmond, VA
'73 Midget
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