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  1. alan627b

    Exploding Torqueflites

    BOOM. Suicide start maybe?
  2. alan627b

    Would a 727 out of a 77 Van work in an A body?

    It would be interesting to know just what application usually got the 4 pinion planetaries. I'm betting heavy truck and B300/350 vans with a smallblock and torqueflite. Think heavy 3/4 ton and 1 ton rated. alan627b
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    Would a 727 out of a 77 Van work in an A body?

    The better news is, they may actually be built a bit heavier duty than the car transmission. Like better/more clutches, or better bands. The van/truck ID is there is a hole at the top of the bellhousing area, for timing. Ya can't get a light on the crank easily when it's in a van situation...
  4. alan627b

    So what happens if you keep the old /6 rear end after 360 swap?

    Pettyblue,I saw a guy at our track do that exact same thing in a 70 Duster, his 1/4 panel wasn't so lucky as yours! Speaking of Dana's...after I blew the Dana 60 up in the Dodge, I got another one at the junkyard and a buddy helped me stick it in the bed of the truck. Sometime later, I got the...
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    So what happens if you keep the old /6 rear end after 360 swap?

    It's funny...the fastest vehicle I have yet owned only ran a 14.80 et, and most of them were mildly modified at best...but I still have manged to break a lot of stuff! Ah, youth... The same 440 equipped D250 grenaded a 727 in spectacular fashion, a horrible BANG! and that case of pop bottles...
  6. alan627b

    So what happens if you keep the old /6 rear end after 360 swap?

    BOOM? Not necessarily. The 2 8.25's I killed died with a horrible CUH-LANK! and then a whole lot of other horrible noises... I killed one rocking a $700 Volare Road Runner out of a snowdrift, and grenaded the one in my Aspen R/T beating the snot out of it. (Only after I had an B body 8.75 ready...
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