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Re: New Passon Performance 5 Speed update
[Re: ogopogo]
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05/09/14 01:12 AM
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Ive got 3:54's going into my cuda today so I can drive it,been on the passon list forever(#32)...........
Let us know when you hear from Jamie and/or get your trans. I hear the list is up to 400 people, and the wait is a least a year.
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Re: New Passon Performance 5 Speed update
[Re: ogopogo]
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05/09/14 01:19 AM
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Ive got 3:54's going into my cuda today so I can drive it,been on the passon list forever(#32)...........
Let us know when you hear from Jamie and get your trans. I hear the list is up to 400+....and the wait is over a year. 
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Re: New Passon Performance 5 Speed update
[Re: ogopogo]
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05/15/14 02:13 AM
05/15/14 02:13 AM
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Ive got 3:54's going into my cuda today so I can drive it,been on the passon list forever(#32)...........
I am supposedly number 27 and still have heard nothing. I talked to Jamie about three weeks ago (that is when I found out I was number 27) and he said he was on number 19 then, but again I still have not heard anything. Any one else have any news?
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Re: New Passon Performance 5 Speed update
[Re: Old School]
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05/16/14 04:10 PM
05/16/14 04:10 PM
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If business is booming, why doesn't the guy hire more people to get these things assembled and shipped out?
i'm sure he's got his reasons, but with something as delicate as this, i don't know that i would want to hire someone who isn't specifically familiar with assembling manual transmissions.
you train a guy as best you can, (which takes time away from everything else), and then a month later found out he was doing one little procedure wrong, and now you have 20 transmissions in the field with issues?
i agree that is the way you make a business work, but it's easier said than done.
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Re: New Passon Performance 5 Speed update
[Re: mickm]
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05/17/14 05:47 AM
05/17/14 05:47 AM
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Number 18 on the list here with a little update. I spoke with Jamie this morning. He said they are slammed with work and will be working this weekend. One of the things he said is that he'll be packaging up my trans this weekend for shipment next week.
On the '70 e-body its going in, I had to pull the electric fuel pump and send it out to be rebuilt this week. I'm am hoping it will be back in time for the Mopar Alley Show coming up on June 1st at De Anza College in Cupertino, California.
Before the new trans goes in still need to pull my Street Twin clutch out, send it out to Mcleod and to have it freshened prior to being able to enjoy the 5 speed. It looks like I have a small gear oil leak at the front countershaft-to-case hole or at the input shaft somewhere on my factory trans, and it's allowed some gear oil to coat the inside of the scattershield and puts a few drips of gear oil on the ground after a couple days. The pressure plate and clutch themselves seem dry, already are 18-spline, but I'm not going to take any chances with a possibly contaminated clutch.
I'm going to end up driving the car with the 3.54's for a while before putting in 3.73's. I do need more torque multiplication in the first four gears, as I can only spin the rear 325 50R15 Nitto's half the time through second on the street with the 3,54's once they have warmed up. Every once in a while, they almost hook up in first, and that gives pretty impressive acceleration when it happens.
Dr Diff helped me figure that 3.73's will be just about perfect for my final cruise RPM in 5th at 70 mph, and give me some extra get up and go.
Like that old Hot Rod Lincoln song says, I'll be looking forward to the times I can say "....and I shook it on down into overdrive".
More to follow when the trans shows up. I'm all the way over on the left coast in San Jose, CA, so it's a pretty good truck ride from Jamie's place.
jbc426
Last edited by jbc426; 05/18/14 07:02 AM.
1970 Plymouth 'Cuda #'s 440-6(block in storage)currently 493" 6 pack, Shaker, 5 speed Passon, 4.10's
1968 Plymouth Barracuda Convertible 408 Magnum EFI with 4 speed automatic overdrive, 3800 stall lock-up converter and 4.30's (closest thing to an automatic 5 speed going)
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Re: New Passon Performance 5 Speed update
[Re: 1972CudaV21]
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05/17/14 03:55 PM
05/17/14 03:55 PM
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If business is booming, why doesn't the guy hire more people to get these things assembled and shipped out?
Suppliers can be the hold up too.
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Re: New Passon Performance 5 Speed update
[Re: 2fast4yourBrain]
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05/17/14 10:54 PM
05/17/14 10:54 PM
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If business is booming, why doesn't the guy hire more people to get these things assembled and shipped out?
Suppliers can be the hold up too.
I got a call from Jamie earlier this morning. He was saying he got a batch of rods with a slightly incorrect bend. They had to wait to get correct ones from the supplier. He also said my trans and shifter are boxed up and ready to ship! He gave me a few tips and things to remember with the install too.
Quality and craftsmanship, they are worth waiting for in my book.
This has become a busy year for me and my two Mopars. My '68 Barracuda convertible is getting a new drive train upgrade, a automatic overdrive (a built 200R4 with a Powerglide bolt on bellhousing, HD 3000 stall- one wire hook-up lock-up converter from Precision Torque Converters and a 750 hp rating for the trans- they make one that holds 1000 hp and a bell housing is available for Big Block Mopars too. It's a nice option as it takes a lot less under-car modification to fit one in an A, E or B body)
The particular bellhousing I'm using fits Mopar small blocks and Gen 3 Hemi's). No more adapter plates and spacers, but there is still a bit of massaging and fabricating of a rear trans mount at the torsion bar crossover. There are several great threads about this over at A-bodies Only. in the Drivetrain section.
This '68 convertible's transmission is going to be powered by a fresh EFI'd 408 Magnum stroker with Hughes Super Prepped CNC massaged with extra hand blended Eddie heads, Airgap intake, Super Gulp throttle body, a decent sized hydraulic roller, Hughes bottom end and Hemifever's SCT tune. It should come in around 500+hp. I'm right at the beginning of that project and the short block is almost together. It won't be long, but I bet I get the 1970 on the road first.
I know, I know; it's a GM trans, but it requires significantly less horsepower to drive than the Mopar overdrives and it requires a lot less surgery at the crossmember. The only cuts required on an A-body are to small portions of the torsion bar crossover.
I wonder which car is going to be quicker to 150+ mph? the '68 weighs just under 3000 lbs, and the 1970 has to be somewhere around 3600+lbs with around 700 hp.
In Jamie's transmissions case, it simply bolts right in making it worth every penny and them some for those of us who would never want to cut anything on a numbers matching 440-6 car.
My hypocrisy with using GM parts in my Mopars only goes so far, besides you won't be able to see the transmission in my '68 and I won't bring it up at car shows. etc 
Last edited by jbc426; 05/18/14 07:01 AM.
1970 Plymouth 'Cuda #'s 440-6(block in storage)currently 493" 6 pack, Shaker, 5 speed Passon, 4.10's
1968 Plymouth Barracuda Convertible 408 Magnum EFI with 4 speed automatic overdrive, 3800 stall lock-up converter and 4.30's (closest thing to an automatic 5 speed going)
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Re: New Passon Performance 5 Speed update
[Re: mickm]
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05/23/14 03:35 PM
05/23/14 03:35 PM
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If business is booming, why doesn't the guy hire more people to get these things assembled and shipped out?
ARE YOU FOR REAL??????? I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE WOULD EVEN MAKE THAT STATEMENT!!!!!! This is not "Insert Peg A into Hole B"
Come on guys, if it was that easy, don't you think I would do that??? Believe me, The amount of hours that I am working is really starting to wear on me.
I see no good coming from that move. That is a good way to end up with a whole lot of junk.
Jamie
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Re: New Passon Performance 5 Speed update
[Re: jbc426]
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05/23/14 04:31 PM
05/23/14 04:31 PM
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Number 18 on the list here with UPS Tracking Numbers in hand, the hand built Transmission is due here this coming Tuesday afternoon.
I'm darn glad it was put together by the master himself and not some crew of newbie trainee's left over from Kiesler's shop or somewhere else that a few naysayers think he should have hired and trained.
Most here get it. It's been a needed product since these cars were first made. Relative to that time span, Jamie has pulled off the design, manufacture and build in what could be considered record time!
How many people in your lines of work are truly masterful at the jobs they do, versus how many can just get by and always seem to miss the true art of doing the job right?
At my work, the ratios don't look to good, but I see that in almost all professions. The really good ones are usually always booked solid and working their hind ends off! Recession and injury affected folks excluded.
Last edited by jbc426; 05/23/14 05:28 PM.
1970 Plymouth 'Cuda #'s 440-6(block in storage)currently 493" 6 pack, Shaker, 5 speed Passon, 4.10's
1968 Plymouth Barracuda Convertible 408 Magnum EFI with 4 speed automatic overdrive, 3800 stall lock-up converter and 4.30's (closest thing to an automatic 5 speed going)
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Re: New Passon Performance 5 Speed update
[Re: JamiePasson]
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05/23/14 04:33 PM
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Well Jamie the problem is that there are alot of people that don't have a clue what it takes to run a business let alone finding really good workers. Thanks for the hard work and the questions that you answered for me over the years and the times that you were willing to stop by at my shop or home to help me with my transmissions!!! Now get some rest when you can so you don't burn out!!!!!!
Thanks Again Harold
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Re: New Passon Performance 5 Speed update
[Re: JamiePasson]
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05/24/14 03:15 PM
05/24/14 03:15 PM
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If business is booming, why doesn't the guy hire more people to get these things assembled and shipped out?
ARE YOU FOR REAL??????? I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE WOULD EVEN MAKE THAT STATEMENT!!!!!! This is not "Insert Peg A into Hole B"
Come on guys, if it was that easy, don't you think I would do that??? Believe me, The amount of hours that I am working is really starting to wear on me.
I see no good coming from that move. That is a good way to end up with a whole lot of junk.
Jamie
I made the statement, with the assumption, that only highly-trained and qualified people would be hired. I'm sure there are people on Moparts.Com that would love to work for you. As you stated, the hours are wearing you down. However, in reality, I do not know the complexities of your operation or what is involved. I do wish you the Best of Luck and I hope you take of yourself as well. The first wealth is health.
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