I'm in this too deep now, it's me or bellcrank. And I know all you folk mean well what with all the advice and such but that son of a ''' will be going back in it's place and do its thang come what may. Right now it sits atop the counter in my Son's shop, sneering, displayed as the meanest piece of ..... while I readjust my strategy.
As to why this has happened starts with the fact I live in the UK. Makes for restrictive choice, makes stuff harder and more expensive to come by. It's also safe to say we know a bit more about Tremec transmissions now than we did a few years back. Some three or four years ago I bought a TKO500 from our local Tremec dealer to sit behind my truck's SBC. Got trade price too. It was a complete kit (clutch, bellhousing etc etc) However, it was and is a Ford TKO. Why? Hell knows, I'm guessing Fords were cheaper, import duties, something. Whatever. Anyway, it's a tried and tested set-up here in the UK to work bolted up against chevys and it does all go together pretty cute, apart from, of course, having to move shifter to mid point - thank you Son. Though its fair to say that goes for either. Yet let me just say here and now: Tremec's claim of countless shifter positions is, what shall we say, FLAWED. Example: the adapter to position shifter at most forward point (Tremec only item) and perfect for bringing shifter right up and out of the original hole, is not shy of cost of whole trans!!! Be warned.
So, I now have a clutch-fork which must be pushed forward. Great. But I have a linkage designed to push clutch-fork backward. Great. Someone it the shop suggested converting to cable. That wasn't going to work, It was all over the place. I sat and stared for a long time at what was already there. Figured to simply reverse the points of leverage. It should and could actually work. Need only now to get a neat hole put in something.
