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jchav62

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Re: new rear end for a 1962

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Originally Posted by forestb

No I have not driven it yet. It did fairly well whit the th350 I had in there before. It ran around 3000 rps at about 65-70 mph. I was just trying to figure out if I could get better speed and drive ability out of the my engine.

I wonder if you have the other higher gear option? I believe it's around 3.38 or something. I have a th350 with a Gear Vendor overdrive behind it, 3.73's. I run about the same as you were. 70 mph at around 3K. Maybe give the original a chance with the 700r4.

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