Port and Polish
#21
09-19-2006, 01:27 PM
RE: Port and Polish
ORIGINAL: Lee Willis
The more I think about your 3-spd and OD, Starship, the more I like the idea of putting that in your 'vette. It would really be something different, and very cool.
I realize it is not a stock type of thing to do to your car, but then, neither is a 400 HP 454 torque-monster of an engine, either. I recall the cachet that O.D. cars had when I was young - everyone understood that they were not quarter-milers, like the 4-spd cars, but they could cruise at high speed with low revs and you imagined them flashing across west Texas (I lived in Texas then) at 100+ mph with the engine barely turning, leaving eerything in their wake. And they could.
The more I think about your 3-spd and OD, Starship, the more I like the idea of putting that in your 'vette. It would really be something different, and very cool.
I realize it is not a stock type of thing to do to your car, but then, neither is a 400 HP 454 torque-monster of an engine, either. I recall the cachet that O.D. cars had when I was young - everyone understood that they were not quarter-milers, like the 4-spd cars, but they could cruise at high speed with low revs and you imagined them flashing across west Texas (I lived in Texas then) at 100+ mph with the engine barely turning, leaving eerything in their wake. And they could.
#22
09-19-2006, 01:43 PM
RE: Port and Polish
ORIGINAL: TopSpeed
I think that's a great idea, too. The perfect way to achieve a real good balance with your car, bro. And not to mention, with that 454 in there, she's gonna pull like a skeered rabbit anyways. I really do love the O/D in our car.... it smoooooothly shifts into O/D on the highway and it feels like it can accelerate forever with LOT'S of pull. I can't even imagine that feeling sittin' behind a wicked 454... dude, you're buildin' the bomb there. [8D]
I think that's a great idea, too. The perfect way to achieve a real good balance with your car, bro. And not to mention, with that 454 in there, she's gonna pull like a skeered rabbit anyways. I really do love the O/D in our car.... it smoooooothly shifts into O/D on the highway and it feels like it can accelerate forever with LOT'S of pull. I can't even imagine that feeling sittin' behind a wicked 454... dude, you're buildin' the bomb there. [8D]
An if you drop the hammer, it downshifts for ya and..........you're...............g...o.....n......e......
(that settles it,........ the 3 sp w/OD is goin' in [sm=icon_rock.gif]!!!)
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