Lenco transmission

[L78_Nova]

Originally Posted by RichSchmidt

Back to the original post,it would seem that a Lenco would be more driveable on the street that a traditional 4 speed that was made clutchless using face plated gears. Most nightmare stories of clutchless transmissions on the street were probably from people trying to run face plated stick transmissions rather than Lencos. Without going into the specifics of what a face plated trans is I will just say that they were impossible to keep in gear because every time you let off the gas the trans popped out of gear and they weren't truly synchonized transmissions so they took skill to downshift.

Faceplating can be done either way... Clutchless (will drop out of gear on deceleration) or.... Clutch assist style where the dogs are back cut to hold in gear.
A clutch assist style faceplated box can be easily driven on the street by rev-matching and/or double clutching. But they are clunky so not for everyone.
And takes a bit of a learning curve for getting the hang of it. Full throttle powershifts with a tap of the clutch are instant and BIG FUN!

I run a Liberty faceplated TKO 600 in a 72 mini tubbed Nova (runs mid 11's).
Gary