What's the highest torque anyone has running through a manual gearbox? I've got an American truck engine sitting in my shed which is just begging me to swap it into a Landy and make a stupid weekend toy, but the problem is it makes about 300lb-ft at 1200rpm and heads up to 425lb-ft at 3000rpm.
I know there's a huge number of autos that could take that no problem, but I'd prefer to have a manual for the fun of it. So far my searches for gearboxes that could take the torque seems to be limited to big American pickup gearboxes (which are hard to find here) or luxury diesel cars like BMWS (but the ratios aren't great for low range).
Anyone got any suggestions?
I know there's a huge number of autos that could take that no problem, but I'd prefer to have a manual for the fun of it. So far my searches for gearboxes that could take the torque seems to be limited to big American pickup gearboxes (which are hard to find here) or luxury diesel cars like BMWS (but the ratios aren't great for low range).
Anyone got any suggestions?