[Uncle Tail]

this is a great thread. I have been agonizong over the Lentec "Street Terminator" which is built to hold 275 whp. It costs $1995. But of course you get the upgraded bands and valve body. The limited slip option is another $1345 (Len says lots of machining for that).

I chatted with a tranny shop yesterday, he claims they see most failures in the forward drum....and also the O/D servo. His claim was that the hard parts are weak.

I have the base PW with standard tune. My biggest wish is to get a limited slip diff. to keep the torque to both tires. I am a terrible drag racer and was peeling through the sixty foot. I reasoned that with a limited slip and drag radials, perhaps I could use that torque for some good launches. Or lift my foot a little ( :

The other thing is the long pull through second gear....I don't think I am slipping, but it is a long pull. The manual guys split the shift, acording to the ratio splits in my Haynes.

I think an auto is the way to go for drag, but I am one cheap SOB. It's hard to think about shelling out that kind of cabbage for the build Lentech, for me, anyhoo. 2k could be a ported and rebuilt head with cams, plus a host of other goodies. But you don't get something for nothin'.

Which brings me to my next point. I would like it if we could get a PW SCT or Diablo tuner to adjust shift points and the mph, that works of the Mahle tune, like the standard SCT does for the Zetec. Anyone know about this?