904 or 727 ?

Ok guys what about the converter issue with a 904? You know I'm not a 904 basher at all, in fact I promote them a lot, but when you start throwing a lot of torque and hp at them I've seen a lot of 904 TC's with cracked necks unless their a billet converter that costs 300-400 hundred bucks more. That puts a hurt on the build price. And how many drums have you guys actually seen blow in a 500 hp street driven 727? I have not even seen one. Yes, if it's a race car with no low band apply you definetly need a good drum but I'm not so sure about a 500 hp street car.

I have crunched the #'s of building a 904 vs. a 727 and the 727 always comes out cheaper by about $300. Now if the car already had a 904, changing to a 727 would necessitate a new driveshaft that would eliminate the diff. in build price and possibly even put it higher than a 904 so I'd stay with a 904 in that case.

And as for the claims that a 904 is a whole bunch faster than a 727 I'd like to see proof. Faster yes I agree their faster. A whole bunch faster I really doubt. And if it's not a race car why does a tenth or even 2 tenths matter that much? I have a buddy that has a mid 10 sec. 67 Cuda and he smoked his 904 mid season and didn't have the money to do it up good and put in a 727 that he borrowed and raced the season out. There was right at .1 difference between the 2. In a heads up track race it's important, but in a street car... JMHO :toothy10: