powerglide questions

who ever told you a powerglide wont fit without cutting ur tunnel up,is a shoe maker...i have a pro glide in my cuda w 0 cutting

joey d have an address and i wrote it wrong i meant a stock glide case with a sheild.

joey lives in Palmyra. i'm assuming you run at atco and would have thought you would've heard of him. he runs a blue and silver Miller BB chevy top dragster with a hat on it. i could have swore i had his number but i just checked my phone and it's not in there. if you want i can get his number for you.

in nj there are quite a few joey d's lol please if you you could.

A glide would be perfect in your car. My experience is the Bruno's shield clears the tunnel the best. Here is a link to what you need.

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/592869/1971-plymouth-duster

Your priority's should make the choice for you. Pro tree class? Glide. Love the hard launch? Torqueflite.

540dust i like your car.lol

will do Jeff, i just emailed Greg Kelly he should have his number

i think this is what his car (blue dragster) looks like now

Joey D

james who is better than you?

i have a glide in a a body no probs fitting it in there ,nice to drive too

purist can hem and haw about glides all they want the simple fact is that when it comes to repeating ETs the glide is the transmission of choice. glides have won more rounds of bracket racing and index racing than all other transmissions combined. you don't have to like them but the fact remains that at the end of the day the last two cars in the staging lanes will have a glide in them

as a youngster we absolutely hated glides and did everything we could to eradicate the species

James, I have had great success getting consistency out of my TF, and if a guy is struggling in the 60 ft he can always take some gear out of it. I do have to admit that I use an airshifter, so having that being part of my success with consistency both of your points are valid to some degree.
440JIM has been killer with a torqueflite, and done very well with it.

Iv got a stock case glide with a sheild in a duster, fits as good as the 727 did,

i'm not saying you can't win with a three speed but the fact remains glides win the vast majority of rounds and not just in GM cars either. there's a reason adapters and bell housings are made to adapt it to just about any engine. i would also say that most of the rounds being won with a three speed are probably not in super pro.

what kind of internal parts are needed.

I have a PG in my dart,all alum B1 motor with reid pg.fits good-no tunnel mods.

it's been awhile since i've done one so i've forgotten all the specifics. you want to use a high strength turbo input shaft, billet clutch hub, billet servo, pro light trans brake, good clutches and steels, cast deep pan. it's also a good idea to install a needle thrust bearing (it's a GM PN) i might have the PN for the bearing. to do this requires turning the front pump on a lathe. at the minimum you're going to want the stock 1.76 gear set with the 1.80 straight cut aftermarket set being preferred. the 1.76 will take some abuse but it is after all a stock part. though i can't remember the size (very small) i was told to drill a hole in the face of the clutch piston to bleed off any valve body leakage. when the clutch applies the steel will cover the hole to block it off. you'll need an adapter plate setup, ultrabell or either a reid or ATI case/bell to adapt it to the chrysler. i can't remember for certain but the stator support may require some attention as well. the input shaft used to be run on a bushing in the stator support but they went to putting the bushing in the convertor to aid in convertor fluid flow.

like i said it's been years since i did one and i'm sure things have changed. i had everything written down but i know i've since lost it. like anything else you can do one relatively inexpensive or you can spend a kings ransom.