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Old 01-15-2015, 03:20 PM   #153
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Originally Posted by crysalis_01 View Post
I was about to bring up this very point. Hameedi himself commented that the 3160 has been "modified fairly significantly to cope with the demands of the flat plane crank engine."

As of now, we can only speculate on what those demands are, but they know full well what tq output is and have apparently worked with Tremec to build a complimentary transmission. I for one see no reason why they would be stuck with one of the "off the shelf" versions of the 3160.
Exactly.

Also, for all the custom things going into this car (5.2L FPC, carbon fiber wheels, etc) I do not think they would allow themselves to be limited by some "off the shelf" low tq. trans.
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