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All I can say is Wow! I had no idea how much difference a good torque converter could make. Between the lower transmission gears, the fine tuning on the distributor and the torque converter my car is now officially a beast! It's almost scary now. I hammered it and it would not stop spinning! It spun all the way into second gear! I even punched it once when I was moving about 15 mph and it lit up the tires! I just came back from about a 45 minute ride. I now have about half the tire tread that I started with.

I can't think everyone enough for all of the advice. I need to send an extra shout out to RapidRobert for all of his help. You guys are the greatest.

I wish you guys could have seen the ear to ear smile on my face when I was roasting the tires!



I have my sights set on a set of 3:55 gears. I can't wait to see how that does.

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Your face is going to be stuck in smile mode every time you drive it now. At the rate of 1/2 a tire every 45 mins your wallet will hurt but you will still be smiling while you watch the tire shop install new tires.

would be a good time to add a torque strap to the engine, lube up the u-joints, spoon up the rear brakes now that it will launch faster.

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All I can say is Wow! I had no idea how much difference a good torque converter could make. Between the lower transmission gears, the fine tuning on the distributor and the torque converter my car is now officially a beast! It's almost scary now. I hammered it and it would not stop spinning! It spun all the way into second gear! I even punched it once when I was moving about 15 mph and it lit up the tires! I just came back from about a 45 minute ride. I now have about half the tire tread that I started with.

I can't think everyone enough for all of the advice. I need to send an extra shout out to RapidRobert for all of his help. You guys are the greatest.

I wish you guys could have seen the ear to ear smile on my face when I was roasting the tires!



I have my sights set on a set of 3:55 gears. I can't wait to see how that does.

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Your face is going to be stuck in smile mode every time you drive it now. At the rate of 1/2 a tire every 45 mins your wallet will hurt but you will still be smiling while you watch the tire shop install new tires.

would be a good time to add a torque strap to the engine, lube up the u-joints, spoon up the rear brakes now that it will launch faster.

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Yep, I think I will be investing in ties pretty frequently.

My driveshaft and U Joints are brand new and all lubed up... I installed drilled and slitted disc brakes on all four corners over the winter. As far as a torque strap I'm not sure about that. Might need some frame connectors...That looks like a good winter project. Right now I am going to enjoy it for a while.

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I'm one of the guys who said go to 3.91s. If you are spinning all the way into Second gear, you don't need more gear than what you already have.

Keep the 3.23s!

Drive the doggone thing.

R.

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I think the new TC did the trick with 3.23 , the old TC with a 3.91 would have been the same results.IMHO.

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I'm one of the guys who said go to 3.91s. If you are spinning all the way into Second gear, you don't need more gear than what you already have.

Keep the 3.23s!

Drive the doggone thing.

R.

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I think the new TC did the trick with 3.23 , the old TC with a 3.91 would have been the same results.IMHO.

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