Thread: any insite on the 700R4??

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Streets, you are a kidder! With VWs and my MG Midget it was fun to give away mpg with performance improvements and still stay above 20 mpg while with these V8s you have to be careful to get above 20 mpg. Thanks to Henry Rifle and Tech1 I saw the light and got a 700R4, now I can hopefully get performance and good mpg cruisin'. Anyway what I really want is to get back to the performance of my Dad's '69 Chevelle in a Model A body. Today I found a site that offers 3.25 rear gears for 8" Ford rears for about $200 so with bearings and labor adding up to about $500 maybe I now have to worry a little over 3.25 versus 3.55, although the 1600 rpm full converter lockup at 55.3 mph argues for a 3.55 for sensible driving where I get into 4th soon and easy and then run in overdrive with occasional blasts staying in low and second longer. Thanks for your suggestion for the stainless flaring, I will take my bent tubing to John York tomorrow for double flares. He is building some beautiful Cobras in his shop and you can have one for a mere $35-40K, I am still hoping to build my roadster for under $20K, but we will see how it goes.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder