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| | | | Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 319 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 319 | I hope to finally have my '59 on the road in a week or so. Because I have a non-stock rear end and a T-5 I want to install a tach. I haven't seen or heard any rpm figures for redline or shift points.
I'm running a stock 235 with dual exhaust.
Recommendations?
A VW guy trying his hand at a '59 LB fs. Lots to learn, but it's about the journey.
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | what rear end do you have, I dont th ink your redline would be super high with a 235.. tachs are nice, had one on my 52
it had the 235, with a t-5 but a high way rear gear, like 2:73
never used the tach for shifting, just the sound of the engine,
mine had fenton headers, dual exhaust, 858 heads, pretty quick
but I did fine by just shifting as normal and not worrying about a red line, I would think the red line might be low 4........happy trucking..
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Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 319 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 319 | 3:42 rear end. Also have Fentons. Don't know what my final is in the T-5.
I don't expect quick, just want decent highway speed.
A VW guy trying his hand at a '59 LB fs. Lots to learn, but it's about the journey.
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | My '38 can run 60 all day with the 3:73. You should have no problems at all driving highway speeds. This graph shows an engine speed of 3300 RPM @ 70 MPH with a 1 to 1 final drive ratio & the 3:73 rear end.
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,922 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,922 | never used the tach for shifting, just the sound of the engine
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