Sbc vs sbm

For me, this argument is not relevant to anything at all. One reason, when I was a young man, that I "changed" from Chibbys to Mopars is that I was tired of fixing drivetrains. Back then, damn few Shovies had either Muncie gearboxes or 12 bolt rears.

There's a reason, back then, that gassers used stuff like Olds rear axles instead of Chovies.

The guy who was the original owner of my 70 440-6 had a 65 350 Chevelle when I first met him. He broke two 10 bolts, one broke the pinion in half. When the other rear broke, it evidently shocked the input shaft in the 4 speed and snapped the input shaft off.



When he broke the rear and the gearbox, this was SF bound on the Bay Bridge from Treasure Island. We literally skidded into a turnout, and when the wrecker came, he/ we elected to push us off the bridge with the rubber bumper. We had pulled the cover off the rear, and dug out enough carnage that we figured it would roll, but we failed to notice the C clips had fallen out. When we were coasting down the ramp off the bridge, both rear axles came out, rubbing on the fenders, and THIS MEANS there are NO brakes. !!!!NONE!!!! Fortunately George had a front linelock, and is a fairly smart guy. He held the linelock button and pumped the pedal a couple of times====just enough to build a little pressure in the front end before it ran out of fluid.

And of course the 350 which was near new back then, ate a cam.

What was the argument, again?