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Re: Least effort to go 65 mph? ThirtySixHundred #1225731 07/16/2017 6:08 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,962 Fredericksburg, Texas C crenwelge 'Bolter
crenwelge 'Bolter C Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,962 Fredericksburg, Texas	Are those 15" or 17" wheels you have? If they are 17", 4.56 gears are about all you can pull with a 216. And it will go 65. The old engines were built for higher rpm than modern engines. Have you checked to see what ratio you have now?

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Least effort to go 65 mph?	ThirtySixHundred	07/04/2016 6:01 AM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	Grigg	07/04/2016 12:28 PM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	Hotrod Lincoln	07/04/2016 3:31 PM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	Grigg	07/04/2016 3:53 PM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	ThirtySixHundred	07/05/2016 1:33 AM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	Grigg	07/05/2016 3:08 AM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	Donsz	07/05/2016 1:27 PM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	mechanic58	07/05/2016 3:51 PM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	Maybellene	07/05/2016 10:10 PM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	ThirtySixHundred	07/08/2017 3:47 AM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	truckernix	07/08/2017 3:21 PM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	bztguy	07/09/2017 9:21 PM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	Allen Lane	07/10/2017 2:12 AM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	bztguy	07/10/2017 11:07 PM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	Allen Lane	07/10/2017 11:51 PM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	Goach2	07/11/2017 12:29 PM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	EdPruss	07/11/2017 12:34 PM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	Goach2	07/11/2017 1:01 PM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	moparguy	07/11/2017 2:46 PM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	Goach2	07/11/2017 3:15 PM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	Goach2	07/11/2017 5:12 PM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	moparguy	07/11/2017 10:20 PM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	Goach2	07/12/2017 5:30 PM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	moparguy	07/13/2017 1:47 AM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	Goach2	07/13/2017 2:11 PM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	Goach2	07/16/2017 4:23 AM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	crenwelge	07/16/2017 6:08 AM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	moparguy	07/16/2017 1:17 PM
Re: Least effort to go 65 mph?	Goach2	07/16/2017 4:29 PM

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