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| | | | Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 292 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 292 | 350/350 tras with camaro 2.73 rear. is this a good bad or ugly combination? | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | depends on what you want to do with the truck........good hiway gear....had a 2:73 in my 52 truck with a five speed and 235 engine. ok for me because I did not haul or have any big mountains.. I have a 350 with a muncie four speed and 2:73 gear in my 52 sedan, works great for me and I get 20 plus on the hiway at 70 and above..
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: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | It sounds like a good combo to me but it may be a little slow getting away from a stop as the 350 is geared pretty high in 1st. If you are not loaded heavy or pulling a trailer it should work fine.
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 292 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 292 | Thanks guys i wont be hauling anything but would like to burn the tires every now and then. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 | You also need to consider tire height you will have ? A 3:55 to 3:73 might better suit your tire burning desire .:) | | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | Thanks guys i wont be hauling anything but would like to burn the tires every now and then. Me too,not that I would condone such 'reckless' behaviour......  Thanks John, this thread has answered a question I had too,mine's got a 3.27.
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 843 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 843 | I agree with webstershotrods,but will add 3:40 ratio | | |
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