@edsnova posted:All it takes is time and money—lots of both! Guys who have spent them have joined a kind of secret society like Homer Simpson's Stone Cutters' Guild. They drive in tunnels lit by crystal chandeliers. They consort with heads of state and space aliens. Women love them, men fear them, etc....
Us:
The 5-speed guys:
Seriously - read every word Ed wrote, then read it again. I've had no less than 5 different 4-speed gearsets in my car, and have experienced two more in other speedsters I've owned. A super-beetle mainshaft (3.80/2.06) first and second, and a .93 fourth with a 3.44 is as close to perfect as you're going to get. Ed's got a 1.26 3rd, and I speced a 1.31 - but really, we're down to po-tay-to/ po-ta-to on this.
The difficulty is in finding a 3.44 ring and pinion, and the inability to get them readily is why Greg and company does what he does with the custom mainshaft and .82/4.12 4th. When you plot out what he is specing, it's very, very close to what Ed and I both have, and what we are advocating for.
My .02 says this trans will work on either a 1915 or a 2332.
FWIW, I'd get the bigger engine and ask for some 44 Webers, as I'm not a fan of Kadrons. But again - I completely understand why Greg does what he does, and he's building nice cars.