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Originally Posted by nico
I appreciate everyone's positive comments and would like to remind everyone else that I was just playing around with it... It's just a cruiser that I drove to the track to play around with other cruise participants... I appreciate the educated guesses, but without facts to back them up, place little value on them.
In addition, I have seen some very mild 350-powered trucks that weigh much more than mine run low 15's and high 14's with 3.42 gears and an open rear end; that's pretty close to my goal... And eventually I may go to 3.73 gears, but the 3.08's work very well with the TH400 for cruises and occasional trips to work.
Yes, the pistons are Keith Black HP's, but I've seen them take lots of abuse as compared to SRP's or similar others... The cam is well matched to the weight of the truck and works well with the carb and converter combination. Also, the 487X heads are an early 70's large chamber performance head, not the standard late 70's 350 variety 487's...
I don't really care if it makes over 400 hp or runs a 10-second quarter... It's fun to drive, gets some attention here and there, runs cool and has yet to let me down... Thanks again...
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A 2900 stall converter and 3.08 gear don't seem like a good combination for the highway though. You would have to be going about 75-80 MPH before you got to the stall point. I run a 2500 stall converter with 3.08's and it does just fine. 3.42's would work great for you because highway speed will be a touch over 3000 RPM. Either way, make sure you have a LARGE transmission cooler with a high stall converter like that, especially with pushing those highway gears.