those that have gone Glide.... come on in!

sorry... start up a post and disappear. Graduation week has kept me busy! just fyi. my car is small block powered and has ran a best of 9.43 so far, so slowing down some isn't too big a concern really. Limiting factor would probably be the 10.5 tire I run. I presently have 4.3 gears and looking at the data they are the wrong tool for the job so a gear change would be optimal anyways. My last car I bought a very nice well put together 727 from a friend that got out of racing for awile. Fully roller, lightweight everything, Transact non LBA tbrake, ported pump and mods to increase fluid volume.... it worked great and was lightning quick. Torqueflight in this car.... basically a rebuild with a good front drum. I did change to a Pro Trans clean N trans brake, but the trans just isn't "there" like I've experienced. I'm to the point where I just want to haul it across the desert and have it DONE.... I also have a 9" and a 8" converter that we ran behind the W5 mill. That combo never 60 footed real well despite having the grunt to run into the 9's. Now that I have a data recorder on the car it's pretty plain to see how the converter is pulling the engine down, and the W8 is making more power than the W5 was so they were probably a mile off for that combo. My dad was content with running 10's, so the 4.30 gear, tall slick and low shift point worked fine for him (W5 era). So...... at this point I'm looking at the cost of having either one or both converters changed to match our combo better, and getting the trans "updated" at Pro Trans which I'm betting isn't going to be cheap. I'll most likely go that route, but I guess I need to try and look to see a route that will most likely improve my bracket racing experience. I know in an all out deal the three speed would prevail (can look at about any of the heads up N/A cars and you'll find three speeds) but let's face it...... the available arena calls for consistency, and you can't argue that a 2 speed holds an advantage there. On the other hand, I don't have any desire to run "super street", "super pro" or the box classes..... just an expensive hobby, and it's a lot of fun running fast.

The 904 is not for sale.... it and the converter is matched to our iron head 360 which has gone 10.8's in Vegas. It's always my "ace in the hole" if our fun, but temperamental, "fast" engines give us grief. As it sits the whole other combo is plug and play and can be swapped quite easily.