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Message: <blockquote data-quote="uncltrvlnmatt" data-source="post: 244818" data-attributes="member: 8290">You did not say you had a cheap way for parts and labor, that makes a huge differance in costs.Miss a gear engine go boom. Big blocks don't like big RPM's, to much mass to move. Most don't like going over 6k, be smart enough to use a rev limiter.Take it from somebody who used to drag race a 4spd. I ran a 1968GT, 428CJ, with a top loader 4spd. I went through 2 clutches a year minimum. My car was very capable of running very low 12's if not high 11's. I had 2 major problems. 1) 4spd, I was very inconsistant, and never really got it down pat. 2) Gears, I had made a poor gear choice.My best time was a 12.58 @ 113mph. My speed was there, but I lost alot of time due to poor shifting and hitting the rev limiter in or just before the speed traps. Between the 2 problems I definately lost 1/2 a second.I let a guy drive it who had been running a stick for years and he ran a 12.33 @114mph. He drove the car one time only. If he was familiar with it he could have been into the 12.20's. This guy was good, he made a 4spd car sound like it had an automatic trans in it.</blockquote>