I realize Carl is not a supporting vendor. Other vendors and engine builders get mentioned here all the time by members and everybody does not get their panties in a bunch over it. The point (I believe) here is he (Carl Rossler) builds some bad azz tranny's (Petty/Lynch run one of his TH400's) and he has multiple levels of transmissions from mild to wild to fit any budget.
Do a search if you are interested, like I said there isn't a better guy to deal with and I guarantee you won't have to post threads on the board to get in touch with him.
I could care less whether he is a supporting vendor or not, I just did not recognize the name so looked on the vendor list to see if it was listed. No panties in a bunch here.
To be honest, I am looking to see what core trans I need to keep an eye out for. I want to build one. I know, I will probably screw stuff up and break stuff, but I have never built a trans and have always wanted to. I was going to build my 200 when it went south, but it broke 6 days before I had to drive from Kansas to Florida, then back to California. Not the time to learn!
I am the type who tries to learn how to do all my own stuff, and am really interested in building a trans. I never knew how to build engines until one day I tried it. Turned into a job and had built probably 250-300 engines before I joined the Navy. Want to try my hand at a transmission now. Will it last? Will I break it? Will it even have all the gears it is meant to have? Who knows, but I want to give it a shot. In the end maybe I will pay someone to do it (right, again, for the 5th time?), but I would like to give it a shot.
So, if anyone has input on which model to keep an eye out for, I am all ears. For suggestions on builders, that's fine too, I will file the info away until I need it.
Thanks again.
