I really like my FFR Roadster, but over the last week I truly experienced the effects. I went to make a simple repair, well not so simple. Dropped the tranny to fix the speedo gear and found damage. I was going to leave it disassembled until I got the new transmission but I was having withdrawals. I lasted a week before I felt compelled to reassemble the tranny and put it back in. Drove it 100 miles today!
So what if 5th has some broken teeth.
Mission Bay
5th gear
Stuff in the gear box
__________________ Tom
FFR 4040 MKII, IRS, 5.0 w/Cam, Super S pipes, March pulleys, Levy Super Alloy T5, Aluminum Flywheel, Ram clutch, 3.27 LSD, Cobra front brakes, Cobra R wheels, double hoops, driver FB mod, Kirkey Vintage 41 w/heaters, Tunnel mounted BMW E-brake handle, custom shifter/brake and cubby bezels, Mercedes premium carpet.
If you didn't build it, you can't brag about it. Just sayin'.
Hey Tom,
You are an addict!!! Looks like the speedometer drive gear clip may have gotten tangled up with 5th gear. It will probably last a long time like that if you take it easy. If you got all the broken pieces out you should be good. Nice car and photo.
FFR 7330 Delivered 9/18/10
Powdercoated silver & rolling 10/22/10
Machine work done on 331 2/3/11
Body Painted Raven Black 6/17/11
Wiring done 12/19/12
First Start and mini go-cart 1/1/2013
i drove my car in gel coat for some time before paint. while it was out for paint i was going insane...PURE TORTURE!!!
i can appreciate where you're coming from my brother...
Drive on!
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Pete
302, GT40P's, E cam, Holley 600 DP, Stealth intake, WC-T5, 4-into-4's, Power Steering & Power Brakes, 5 lug and disc's, Gas-N Pipes, 315 rears on Halibrand Cobra III's, 3.55's, Earl's vents, gotta be BLUE: 26,800 miles so far!
Thanks, got it bad! Pretty sure the shop never put the clip on. My guess is he dropped it in the main gear box (where I found it) and said, "Oh well." The other gear of 5th doesn't even have a scratch on it. Unless someone tells me this kind of damage is consistent with normal tranny self destruction, I lean more toward a hammer strike broke these teeth.
Hey Pete, seen your posts for a while, noticing you're local, can you post a link for some pics of your car?
__________________ Tom
FFR 4040 MKII, IRS, 5.0 w/Cam, Super S pipes, March pulleys, Levy Super Alloy T5, Aluminum Flywheel, Ram clutch, 3.27 LSD, Cobra front brakes, Cobra R wheels, double hoops, driver FB mod, Kirkey Vintage 41 w/heaters, Tunnel mounted BMW E-brake handle, custom shifter/brake and cubby bezels, Mercedes premium carpet.
If you didn't build it, you can't brag about it. Just sayin'.
They are only 400x600, some reason ffcars server shows the full size pics. Happened to me before and it takes like a day for the smaller size to show up. Sorry, get a bigger monitor till tomorrow. Just messin'.
__________________ Tom
FFR 4040 MKII, IRS, 5.0 w/Cam, Super S pipes, March pulleys, Levy Super Alloy T5, Aluminum Flywheel, Ram clutch, 3.27 LSD, Cobra front brakes, Cobra R wheels, double hoops, driver FB mod, Kirkey Vintage 41 w/heaters, Tunnel mounted BMW E-brake handle, custom shifter/brake and cubby bezels, Mercedes premium carpet.
If you didn't build it, you can't brag about it. Just sayin'.
Yeah, the 6 weeks my car was getting painted was torture. It helped that it was in Nov/Dec but there were a couple of really nice days in there that killed me!
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FFR 5353K,351/400hp,TKO 500, 3-link w/3.08 and Truetrac, Koni DA coilovers front and rear,APE hardtop,Forte front and VPM rear swaybars
hey Tom! i didn't even notice you're in Ramona. we'll have to get together at some point.
pic's as requested
In-N-Out Burger - Clairmont
USS Midway
My Driveway
PCH near San Simeon
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Pete
302, GT40P's, E cam, Holley 600 DP, Stealth intake, WC-T5, 4-into-4's, Power Steering & Power Brakes, 5 lug and disc's, Gas-N Pipes, 315 rears on Halibrand Cobra III's, 3.55's, Earl's vents, gotta be BLUE: 26,800 miles so far!
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