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you know what mr.p said makes alot of since to me ...about the verta to big....i had a 340 with a small solid cam and ported heads and i changed everything i could think of to make the car 60' even the verta but i went to a smaller verta(8") from a 9.5 5000 the 8" was a 5600 car didnt lose any but didnt gain a thing....now that i think about it if i would have put maybe a 4000/4500 or even a 3800 car may have been alot better then it was...something to think on...sorry for the hi jack just had to share my ex. mike



Wow, 650 at 4600? You have way too much converter. I'd use about a 4400 with a 1.76/1.80 glide. You don't need more 1st gear, you have the torque to pull that 1.80 gear, you just need to get the engine in that powerband.

You could probably use less gear in the rear as well. With that torque I wouldn't be surprised if it ran the same shifting at 6000.

I should add that I use a 4200 converter. Before with the 340 I was using a 4600 but I have a low gear 904 so I'm sure that helps make up for any lack of stall speed.

Last edited by Guitar Jones; 07/08/11 10:17 PM.
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