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I do not believe that an auto tranny can beat a quality Manual in a well setup car. I had friends that the only change was to throw out the PG or TH400 and install a lenco 2-3-4 or 5 speeds and instantly went quicker ET's because of the power savings of a manual tranny.
Drifting
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From: gold coast queensland
i love my 383 . they say a pic is worth a thousand words so here is a pic... and also here is a vid as well, that must be worth a million words..... i hate typing so that works for me.
Melting Slicks
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From: Spring Park MN
That's how you get mileage, drivability and power in the same package. It runs good on pump gas with the 11.8 to 1 compression also.
Melting Slicks
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From: Spring Park MN
I have formed my opinion from spending years at the drag strip pitted with all the other fastest drag machines at divisional meets. I used a very specialized 2 speed power glide tranny. We were not trying to go fast because of index 7.90 or 8.90 class racing. But when you get into CE racing. Competition eliminator and you want to run under the national index you never see another automatic tranny. It's all air or lever shifted manuals
I do not believe that an auto tranny can beat a quality Manual in a well setup car. I had friends that the only change was to throw out the PG or TH400 and install a lenco 2-3-4 or 5 speeds and instantly went quicker ET's because of the power savings of a manual tranny.
I do not believe that an auto tranny can beat a quality Manual in a well setup car. I had friends that the only change was to throw out the PG or TH400 and install a lenco 2-3-4 or 5 speeds and instantly went quicker ET's because of the power savings of a manual tranny.
Burning Brakes
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From: Salina Kansas
427sbc with a solid roller cam and EFI here. I also just finished a solid axle 4-link conversion with 35 spline axles, detroit locker etc. No track times yet, but I have 10.5" slicks mounted and ready to go.
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Damn C3 Stroker, that is sweet. And I bet Grandma could drive it to the store. Can you imagine what she could do to the smartass Mustang owner that will inevitably pull up alongside and rev his motor. Granny would smoke him. His freinds would tease him for being blown away by Granny in a stock small block Vette.
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Damn C3 Stroker, that is sweet. And I bet Grandma could drive it to the store. Can you imagine what she could do to the smartass Mustang owner that will inevitably pull up alongside and rev his motor. Granny would smoke him. His freinds would tease him for being blown away by Granny in a stock small block Vette.
Bee Jay
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