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#22188 03/06/2003 4:16 AM | Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 25 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 25 | I just thought I would post this question as a way to livin things up. What is the best way to modify a 53' or 54' rearend with a standard 235 engine? The goal is to get maximum torque for pulling while gaining speed on the interstate for those who only own stovebolts. Has a standard modify been invented yet or is the best way still under debate? | | |
#22189 03/06/2003 8:23 AM | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 234 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2000 Posts: 234 | Primary problem is the torque tube - gets in the way of an overdrive option, and limits replacement of the rear axle. Most swaps get rid of the whole driveline, tranny to axle.
-Boyo
'48 Willys CJ-2A / '55.1 Chevy 3600 / '66 Austin-Healey 3000 / '04 Volvo wagon (parenthood!?)
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#22190 03/06/2003 4:18 PM | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,842 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,842 | I heard that modifying your "rear end" is very popular in Hollywood. Everyone wants one like JLO. Sorry, I just had to throw that in.
This is a big topic for so many bolters who want to keep their rigs as original as possible. I really do not like the idea of swapping the tranny through rear end mainly because my tranny, tube and rear have given me no trouble at all. Yes I can't flow down the highway like all the other vehicles but maybe that's going to be the price I need to accept to stay as original as possible.
The only other way is to do a Patricks rear gear swap from 4:11's to 3:55. By the time you finish spending $400 for the gears and $200 for new bearings, one might question just how much would switching to an open line with new tranny cost ?
Argh
Craig My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
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#22191 03/08/2003 9:43 AM | Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 5 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 5 | What about those of us with the bigger rear ends
in the 1942 Chevy military 1 1/2 tons the banjo gearing is 6.92 is there any hope of getting on the highway? Anyone know if the civilian gears will fit in the military trucks and what a 1946 1 1/2 ton civilian gear ratio is? I spend a lot of time counting cows while driving it so slow I can read the orange tags in there ears.... Bicycles pass me a lot. Is there a later syncro transmission that bolts up to the 40's 235 bellhousing?
Dave
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#22192 03/08/2003 10:34 AM | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 | I don't know about other gearing, especially with the front drive axle. My dad and I used to have one of those old Chevy 4X4s, I think I hit 48 going downhill, once. My guess is, enjoy the scenery. | | |
#22193 03/08/2003 11:29 PM | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 47 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 47 | Has anyone tried the corvette rearend using the installation from Flatout Engineering? | | |
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