Thread: Power Glide Questions.

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I ran a supercomp altered with a powerglide. They can built bulletproof tough, they shift well, and respond quickly. With a light car, the right horsepower, a good trans brake and the right converter, they work great.

We ran a 355 injected small block on alcohol with an empty water jacket. Without tuning it, we ran 8.90s. After we got it tuned, we had trouble keeping it from breaking out, so we started running heads up nostalgia classes with a Fiat body instead of the T.

With 4.56 gears, we hit the traps at a little over 170, somewhere around 9000 - 9500 RPM. I think we had a 5000 RPM stall converter. No complaints about the glide. We could run low 8's all day long.

I never considered running one on the street, though. Not enough gears.