Liberty, S.C. - TA new 5-Speed Transmission with 5^th gear as an overdrive is being manufactured by Richmond Gear.

The new Richmond Super Street Transmission is a high performance manual transmission designed to be a replacement for Ford, GM and MOPAR vehicles.

The Super Street is fully rated at 600 ft. lbs. of torque to confidently handle the demands of street performance, hot rods, muscle cars, racing and other high performance applications.  Ratios are available for smooth and aggressive acceleration:  First Gear 3.33 or 2.89, Second Gear 1.85, Third Gear 1.31, Fourth Gear 1:1, and Fifth Gear (over drive) 0.77.

The Super Street comes standard with a Long shifter for the ultimate in shift performance and durability.

Based on the successful NASCAR-type design and technology, the Super Street is built on the dependable Richmond manual transmission housing.  The design allows for more robust gears and components that provide the torque handling capacity higher horsepower performance vehicles require.

The Richmond Super Street Transmission will be available in early March 2007.

Richmond gear is a manufacturer of high performance ring and pinion gears, installation kits, full and mini spools, gear and transmission lubricant, Quick-Change rear ends and automatic full lockers for both street performance, off-road, 4-WD, light truck and racing applications.