Recent content by a70duster

This was years ago but 3.91 and ~26" tires (auto) at sustained 60 mph was not fun!

With a reverse manual valve body, you loose the ability to shift from third to neutral.

Don't drink beer when disassembling the transmission. You'll have a hard time figuring how to get it back together.

Take apart and rebuild. There are tons of videos out in YT land that show you exactly what to do.

Looks like your front band was the thinner kind and in one piece. How much damage was done to the car? And you?

Adding to the discussion, the front band use to be a lot thicker. Now it's just a skinny strap. I can imaging that a thicker metal band being the first line of defence for dissipating the energy from the front drum coming apart.

It's not the miles on the drum, it's the overspeeding that causes the drum to come apart.

The stock valve body only applies the Low/Reverse band in Low and Reverse.

I don't agree with your explanation of the torque converter sprag lockup with regards to a dry hop. The car is brought up to launch RPMs. The stator is put into lockup mode after some throttle and stays locked up after the launch. Then the car coasts about 10 feet with no throttle applied. I'd...

Then our definition of a dry hop is different. After the burnout box about halfway to the staging lights I'll quickly power brake to launch RPMs and launch. The tires 99% of the time stick so there is no wheel spin. If there is tire spin, it is brief and the wheels aren't even rotating at 10...

What is the difference between a dry hop and a launch beside the dry hop only lasting a fraction of a second? Both are equally hard on the drivetrain. I'm talking foot braking the car, not a tranny brake.

Great discussion going on. Here is what I got so far. - Any 727 can grenade the front drum - A drag car should start the burnout in 2nd (manual valve body) - No dry hops (I'm not on board with this, it is just like a launch and confirms that you can do a 100% launch) - Launch a car in 1st...

Hello all, thanks to the internet a lot of us know that the factory front drum will probably come apart when the sprag fails. The driver has to be putting the pedal down while the transmission selector is not in 1st (no Low/Reverse band applied). For all the drag strip failures, my question is...

When I installed a new cam and lifters, the #2 exhaust lifter rotated.

I've always found strong quads on gals sexy!