Hi!
This car has been sitting for a decade, and was dumped onto me for surprise, a very low price. The seller just knew it was a money pit/kinda a rust pit with a good bit of bondo. So far with a lot of amusement and frustration I've managed to clean out the car, resurfaced flywheel/pressure plate got a new clutch disk (200mm!) And will be replacing the freeze plugs next before i can fix the exhaust gaskets, then it might run correctly.
I had a rusted water pump, doesn't leave much confidence. I figure Ill just have to rebuild the whole engine at some point. Which leads me to my question to you all.
I want a 5 speed transmission, 292 gears, ireland can make any sizd.
38/38 carbs...Maybe 15inch wheels. I installed eibach springs and Konis so the 15s would hug nice.
Anyways, i hear i need 4.55 gears in the back for a 292. Is this what i do? Where do i find these gears to replace it with? Or do they just get remachined or something? I'm looking to add power at the low end and then let the 5 speed keep the rpms low for the high speeds cuz of the 4.55 gears.
Does this work? Please show me the way!