Small block mileage

skep419 said
Whenever overdrive gets brought up it reminds me of this thread back in the day.

Street / Strip(Overdrive) automatic trans choices ..

Big Squeeze "Honesty, if you're not an ET chaser and not after every last hundredth, I'd use a 3-speed Trans, 3.54-3.55 gears and a quality, loose converter and move on....having a low gear in the rear is WAY over rated especially with how well converters work now compared to 20-30 years ago..."

Sorry for dragging this thread even more off topic hahaha

Everyone has their own ideal build, but mine would include a good lockup converter, 3.55 or so gears, and a 500/518 OD. Why not have your cake and eat it?

In case I find a bag of money fallen off a brinks truck, I am also closely watching the ZF8 spd swaps and market for parts. If holley comes through and makes the terminator X stuff run the 8spd trans then game on.