Originally posted by techinspector1
Geez Riverhorse, what are you and Mike eating for breakfast, Cap'n Grouch? For all we know, topster could have been thinkin' to himself "I'd like to use a T5, but I'm afraid they're too wimpy". Apparently he has a '32 roadster and a '32 coupe, so he's no stranger to finding parts, but he may not have known about G-force, so I just gave him another option.

I received an education about buying transmissions long distance, sight unseen. I responded to an ad in Hemmings when I was looking for a toploader some years ago. This was a code RUG box and it's what I was looking for to go behind a big block MEL 430. I ponied up $630 to buy it and have it shipped from Florida to Arizona. The buyer assured me that it was in tip-top shape and had been rebuilt with the best parts. Well, you can probably guess the rest of the story. When I pulled the cover to inspect it, I found 3 broken gears and the rest of it was junk. At the time I bought it, if I had known about David Kee in Texas, I would have purchased a good box from him. But I didn't know about him, so I got an education. That's the whole point of this response, that we should give the fellows who are looking for components a different way to go if they wish. Anybody who has 2 hotrods already built knows he can go fishing in a boneyard or take his chances with a private buyer.
i have not used a stright shift in 30 yrs. and dont understand why anybody would wont one, but thats none of my bus. he can use anything he wonts to, but it sounds like to me some of you are trying to send him to the moon instead around the block. if it good enough to work behind a good LT1 or LS1 then i belive it should work behind a "moderately done" 355. plus you would have the overdrive to go with it. that G-force modified trans sounds like something you would put in a 7 sec. drag car. JMO