Quote: What rear gears would a 78 Volare 4dr with a factory 360, auto and 8 1/4" have?
If I had to guess I would say 2.45's. All 3 V8 F body 8 1/4's that I've had were 2.45.
Hmmm... thats what i was gathering from the above posts. That would explain the killer mileage i got in that car... i didn't know a 360 could get that kind ov mileage. It wasn't exactly slow off the line either. It really picked up after 30, but off the line i wasn't unimpressed for a bone stock grampa car...
I actually won a couple road races in that car. All i did was lower it with 255/50/VR 15 tires. It had legs... . . .
Did the 360 have a 904 or 727? Whatever the new equivalents (999 or 998) are. The newer 904 variants had the lower first gear just to match up with the highway gears.
I have a 1982 Imperial with the anemic 140 hp efi 318 and 2.24 rear. It isn't too bad off the line because of the lower first gear. It ran great on the highway and could get some crazy mileage 24-26 mpg straight highway. It got about 17-18 mixed and that is in NYC rush hour.
