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sgetty
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| posted on December 5th, 2005 at 09:42 PM |
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1200 motor on 1500 swinger?
howdy
after finding out my motor is a 1200 and not a 1300 as i was led to beleive by seller( checked the motor has rebuilt original motor) im after a little
more top end speed
someone sugested 1500 gearbox?
i know nose cone has to be swapped to earlyer and axles swapped to shorter byt what else ?
i am also going 12volt
in the middle of resto
the motor is in real good nick
cheers deon
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| posted on December 5th, 2005 at 09:44 PM |
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wont u lose quite a bit of bottom end power by using the 1500 box?
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| posted on December 6th, 2005 at 10:26 AM |
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i've done it and it's not fun. You lose all torque (what little there is) and accelleration, but your top speed does increase. I was able to do 130
easy but any sort of a hill or incline would drop me back to 90 or 80.
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sgetty
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| posted on December 6th, 2005 at 12:12 PM |
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right so not worth the hassle
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thanks dudes
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