[DMCForum] Re: Automatic, or 5 speed... That is the question.
From: "Joe OBrien" <joeyoseppijoe@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 01:42:18 -0000
Personally, I'd convert it to the 5 speed. It won't hurt the value
of the car any. Just more fun to operate. Use the DMC transmission
with the heavy duty input shaft.
If I had your car, that is what I'd do.
Joe
--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxx> wrote:
> "conversion"? I must admit, while I know 1860 was not
> a "Legend Car", and therefore would not demand the
> same price as 502 due to the lack of historical value,
> I don't know if I agree with the term conversion.
> This engine was designed for this car, to me the term
> conversion means a engine was installed in the car
> which was not intended to be there by the engineers.
>
> From a technical point of view, I prefer 1860 over 502
> due to the inter-cooler setup. From a historical and
> value point of view, 502 will leave 1860 in the dust..
> :(
>
> With the fiberglass... I already have a spare set of
> pontoons I got for the purposes of patching up the
> holes in 1860, that was not what stopped me from
> moving the Legend engine to 6068. But there was a
> fiberglass duct added in the rear wheel wells that
> takes the air from the scoops in the ground effect and
> forces it up through the inter-coolers. The setup is
> effective, so I would keep it. For me to transfer
> the ground effects to 6068 is no big deal, but then I
> would need to fabricate the ducts in the wheel
> wells..... After evaluating all of the work involved,
> it seemed more practical to just swap the transmission
> in 1860. It would be less work, and less money... and
> much less down time for the cars. (Swapping engines,
> fiberglass work, and so on).
>
> So, that brings up back to my first question... Do I
> leave 1860 the way it is, or put a STD in it?
>
>
> --- timnagin <timnagin@xxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > In trying not to use the word "rare" due to recent
> > events, having the auto
> > transmission does make it more interesting. Since
> > the car was a conversion,
> > I don't think you would effect the value any by
> > doing a swap. To me it just
> > seems like it should have a manual transmission
> > behind that engine. I
> > always wondered why people bought Corvettes with
> > automatics.
> >
> > Anyway, if you did swap the engine over to another
> > car, and installed the
> > inter-coolers, you could use the cut outs to repair
> > the other car thus
> > bringing it back to original. If you are careful in
> > your measurements and
> > cutting, you should be able to just 'glass it into
> > place on the other car.
> >
>
>
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