I am embarrassed to say how old those jack stands are. It is hard to find jack stands with flat tops though and not the u shaped top. I have seen some for sale on websites that are custom but they are over a hundred dollars. Cheaper than a stand failure I
guess.
I am shopping for gears right now. I am stuck between a 3.23 and 3.42 ratio. There seems to be WAY more options in 3.42.
I want the overdrive to be able to short shift it and keep it in the torque. Same theory as keeping a rev happy motor wound up but opposite. I think it will end up a 3.42 but still open to options. It is hard to do one thing. I know rear gear, converter
and cam all have to at least halfway match. I don't want a the 3.23 if can't get into overdrive at a decent speed with out surging or bucking. I also don't want
to just blow right through 1st because the 3.42 or 3.55 is TO low. I haven't lost sleep over this stuff yet but close.
You also mentioned headers. I want big torque from a big stroke. 4.375 or 4.5. I am really leaning towards RARE manifolds though. I want the
car fairly quiet for what it is and also want under hood temps to not fry everything. I figure if I build big cubes then choke it
down on the exhaust side I could have the power and torque of a smaller displacement but still not run headers and have a tamer combo. I have seen
combos like that here on PY that seem awesome. I have had cars with headers before but this car I want to stay with manifolds. At least that is the plan for now but things always change as you go.
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