Well I do appreciate the input but this is not going where I hoped it would.
I was hoping to find people who have driven Richmond 5 or 6 speeds, in whichever kind of street car.
The gear ratios is not an issue at all.
I do recognize that these trannies don't easily fit in A- or B- bodies, but that's still not the topic.
I'm interested in shift quality and hi-RPM shift capability.
How high can you reliably shift a synchro A833 ? I think they are the same rings used in the Richmond.
I have driven both in a multitude of different cars. The normal shifting is fine in both, little experience with the high RPM part (I don't abuse customers cars) but the few I have had to shifted fine at 5.5-6K. Again, these were very limited experiences and only shifts between 1st and 2nd.
In every case 6th gear was IMO useless.
I have shifted plenty of 833's at 6500, usually at WOT fanning the clutch never having an issue
I might also comment that in all cases with high RPM shifts we had installed the trans AND DIALED IN the bellhousing / scatter shield
