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Wow Congrats on the new best... But I'm more impressed that your track for you so many passes. Been slow found down here the last couple times.

Don't cave to the auto....

But if you do I have some parts

 

X2! Don't do it Pete! Running in the 10s a bangin gears must have been a fun ride.

 

Thanks

Congrats to you on you ride as well .


I know the stick guys are hard to convince , but theres something magical that happens when you let go of that t-brake button .

 

gotta see how $$ is this winter, if i convert to auto i probably wont sell the 5sp to fund it

the tracks closest to me arent so busy since the weather got cold, my one buddy made 17 passes that day and stopped because he was low on fuel..lol..(13 sec street car) so yea we've been fortunate

Brian it was awesome. truthfully i didnt even think it was a ten sec pass with the clutch slipping so bad, i was shocked when i got the slip. i really wanna see how fast i can go with this 5sp before making the change to the "magical" trans brake button .. and thanks guys for the compliments

Lmao!! thats awesome!

 

come on baby get her to grip and rip through those gears and lets see the full potential of that beast.. you are posting et's my car does but you are coasting through the traps lol I love it.. hehehehe time for me to build a faster car now lol

 

i love those wheels, i thought you were gonna put the 87-93 nose on it? whatchu do with that lip you had?
plus i want a ride

 

I bet i goes low low tens with a auto. Maybe faster!!!

 

Randall I had only thought about changing to the newer front end briefly. I still havw the gary markwich spoiler just havent put it on yet. And Its still on the road if you want a ride. Boosredrok, that would have been a low ten sec pass if the clutch didnt slip. My fastest et had an 8mph slower trap than my first pass due to clutch slip..

 

lookin good. i hear ya on the winter thing. this sucks! we should hit up the track this year, i gotta try out this new c4

 

As many eastern PA guys and builds going on I think you should kit up the Regional Gathering thread and put something together. If you ever considered Beaver Springs I'd venture over... https://www.theturboforums.com/smf/bs-(non-tech)-forum/regional-theturboforums-get-together/

 

ok guys i couldnt wait...im switching to a glide. i just bought ricky's trans king powerglide and am excited to see what this "magical" trans brake button is all about. i know im letting you down Brian... but im not selling the tko just yet! this spring i plan to do a crutch system and turn the boost up with the ams500 i havent installed yet. i was gonna dismantle the car this winter and redo the bodywork but im pushing that off til next winter as i am doing an ls1/t56 swap in a fox for my buddy and i just wont have the time.

getting back to the subject anyone have opinions on a torque converter? here is the transmission..

https://www.theturboforums.com/smf/...lide-for-small-block-ford-shifter-pics-added/

 

what about this converter? my trans has a th400 input shaft so i assume this converter will not work for me? excuse me i know very little about automatic transmissions

https://www.theturboforums.com/smf/...-chance-weld-together-turbo-spline-convertor/

 

You can use the converter you listed if your glide has a 400 style input shaft. It is the same as saying turbo spline. The glide is converted to turbo spline so it will share same converter as th350 or th400. Also, fwiw it's common for a little trial and error to get the just right converter for the combo.

 

Great slowboat! Thanks for the info!

 

im pulling the trigger on twin74's converter... and picked up a jw flex plate from 86lxnotch...still need a trans cooler, lines, and a crossmember

very soon Dave..very soon..lol

 

weather will be winning for 2 more months but you are well on your way to 10.19 imo in April

 

time for another update!!!

how's that glide combo coming together. should be getting ready to cruise again i bet

 

ordered a converter from lenny at ultimate converter concepts. should be here by middle of april. still undecided on the trans cooler. i drive a lot on the street so i want to go big on trans cooling. next thing is to do a crutch system on my carb. i bought a spare set of brents metering blocks with brpv's. planning to crank this thing up this year.