How much power will a 727 hold??

What is the most power you guys have thrown at a 727?

I was going to convert to a glide for my new turbo big block set up but i wont have the extra funds this year for the glide and all the fab work ,driveshaft etc. I was hoping to turn the boost down a bit so i can race till fall.

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My buddy has a cope and throws 1200hp to it @ 3700lbs without any problems.

dynoed 1162 hp 1000ft torque
3345lbs.
aluminum front drum,roller rear drum,hypster brake,steel spined planetary,hughes converter.

love haveing the 3 speed trany as I run a lot of mph so I can't run a lot of gear in the rear

do you have stock shafts and planetaries? stock drum? if all those items (along with the usual billet servos and so on) have been replaced, it'll hold infinite power. i'd stick with the torqueflite. i love 'em.

It is stock shafts with aftermarketsteel drum, 4 gear planetarys, manual vb bolt in sprag and good clutches and steels. The car only weighs 2900

we are throwing 1500hp at it at 3000#

I would say safely 700. Remember the old Hemi SS cudas and darts basically had a similar tranny to what you have and made at least 500 hp stock then got beefed up and were probably pushing 700 back in the day when billet this and that wasn't available.

An aftermarket steel drum might be good but I like the aluminum ones better for that much power because of the RPM that thing sees(quite a bit more than the engine RPM by the way).

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we are throwing 1500hp at it at 3000#
7.51 at 182 mph, 1.10 sixty foot

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