Say Junglejustis, maybe a few items that might be helpful. . .
Check out
alfaracing@yahoogroups.com for some info on reducing the rotating mass of the driveline. Specifically a clutch assembly from Richard Jemison. A 4-puck affair of about 5.5" in diameter and I believe the necessary pressure plate and other components. Someone commented that while a little grabby, it was still quite streetable.
Here is a comment from Mike Cudahy who races a modified Alfetta in SCCA. "For those that are looking to spend some money to make their car faster, this modification was the most dramatic change I've made to the car in the five years that I've been modifying it. Richard's clutch assembly weighs 12 pounds from input shaft to release bearing, and is 5.5" in diameter. Compare this to the enormous 26.5 pound Milano clutch with the aluminum Porsche pressure plate, and you get a loss of 14.5 pounds of reciprocating mass.
That's freakin' huge, and the race proved it. My lap times improved by 2.5 seconds a lap, and the car felt completely different from the moment I hit the start button. Consequently, when you remove that much weight from the driveline, the car starts a lot easier."
I expect you've already lightened the front flywheel JJ.
Although maybe too new to go into production yet, there is Al Mitchel's carbon fiber drive shaft. See
http://www.realemotorsports.com/rd/winter04/cfshaft.jpg
and
http://www.realemotorsports.com/rd/wint ... shaft3.jpg
These improvements may not help the shift linkage itself, but I figure reducing the rotating inertia that much, the load on the synchros and ultimately the responsiveness of the shifting and drivline will be substantially improved.
What do you think ?
Merril