Project: Rat Phucker

[Blazin40s]

Any breakage?

[BigFrank]

Any breakage?

no evrything worked good  had a flat tire on the rear all day but that helped it rev up  lol  needs a lower gear in the t case or trans   one or the other   or alot more engine   

[BigFrank]

[old school truck dude]

Any breakage?

no evrything worked good  had a flat tire on the rear all day but that helped it rev up  lol  needs a lower gear in the t case or trans   one or the other   or alot more engine   

Could try some "tweekin" on it, I know a couple things that mite help a bunch (trade secrets, tell ya later )

[BigFrank]

Any breakage?

no evrything worked good  had a flat tire on the rear all day but that helped it rev up  lol  needs a lower gear in the t case or trans   one or the other   or alot more engine   

Could try some "tweekin" on it, I know a couple things that mite help a bunch (trade secrets, tell ya later )

what put a big block in it

[BigFrank]

Any breakage?

no evrything worked good  had a flat tire on the rear all day but that helped it rev up  lol  needs a lower gear in the t case or trans   one or the other   or alot more engine   

Could try some "tweekin" on it, I know a couple things that mite help a bunch (trade secrets, tell ya later )

what put a big block in it

[BigFrank]

or this one???

[old school truck dude]

Nah, not yet.. Get the most outta whats in there first - I got an idea of whats goin on with it after watchin n listenin to it Saturday

Whats that motor up above with the compressor still on it? I know the orange one is a fat block.. 

[BigFrank]

500 caddilac

[old school truck dude]

Automatic Transmission Gear Ratios
                    1st    2nd    3rd    4th    Reverse
GM               
Powerglide    1.76   1.00           1.76
TH350           2.52   1.52   1.00      1.93
TH400           2.48   1.48   1.00      2.00
200r4           2.74   1.57   1.00   0.67   2.07
700r4           3.06   1.62   1.00   0.70   2.29
4L60E           3.06   1.62   1.00   0.70   2.29
4L80E           2.48   1.48   1.00   0.75   2.08


It takes 18 hp to turn a th350, and 36 hp to turn a th400. 700R4 has the lowest 1st gerar ratio, but it has to have a better sprag or some installed to be durable. The powerglide is killin the truck. If youll notice the 1st gear ratios of all the other transmissions are lower than your 1st gear, and your 1st gear is close to their 2nd gear. I would go with a th350 that has the bb left out and governor spring replaced with a piston pin deal or a beefed up 700R4. TH400 robs horsepower, Id only use it with a high HP small block or a big block. Theres not much wrong with your motor that a screwdriver, plug socket, and a 9/16" wrench would fix

[BigFrank]

cool info thanks marty i can make the first gear in this trans lower also    cheaper than building another trans just a matter of pulling it and taking the pump off and change the planetary gear  im also looking into getting a auxillary trans to put in there before the t case

[Blazin40s]

I sunk a lot of money into my 700r4 to make it durable......I have about 800 to 1000bux just in parts in mine.....

[marshall]

big block time. your running 54's!

[old school truck dude]

A stock turbo 350 can be made to really slam for next to nothin... Aint ya got a few of them layin around   We used to call the Powerglide a "Slushbox" for a reason..

[old school truck dude]

big block time. your running 54's!

Gotta destroy the small block 1st, rite?

[marshall]

big block time. your running 54's!

Gotta destroy the small block 1st, rite?

no. preserve it for a future generation. unless you're referring to nitrous...

[BigFrank]

no destruction of my engine  hehee   lookin into differant options still  i passed up a bolt on gear reduction unit for a 400th at the swap meet  2 to 1 reduction would have worked out perfect   was made by us gear company     want too keep runnin the small block        ive got other plans for that 454

[BigFrank]

moved the distributer around well   marty did  i helped got more advance out of it  runs completely different now  for the better  has a little crackle to it at full throttle tho need to do some research into what i can adjust on the carb  gunna doo some lookin around for different  t case options

[old school truck dude]

moved the distributer around well   marty did  i helped got more advance out of it  runs completely different now  for the better  has a little crackle to it at full throttle tho need to do some research into what i can adjust on the carb  gunna doo some lookin around for different  t case options

Mite need a valve adjustment or heavier valve springs, mite need to play with the vacuum advance some, Idk just gotta experiment since the specifics of the internals of the motor are unknown - pretty sure we can get more outta that and need to get rid of that sound whatever it is

[BigFrank]

ill have  too mess with it at ellis rd   i dont have any place to really run it here in the yard and the wife gets pissed when i tear up the grasss   i did have some time too make some spring shackles to stop the helper springs from twisting and i also need to reinforce the rear hangers  got a couple peices of tube on order from the free store just gotta get some rod ends and weld on the mounts for traction/wrap bars