Yellow Banana
I was afraid I would miss the startup ratio of Old Jim as it was something like 3.50 and the 350 is 2.52 in first. The 3.50 x 2.87 is a nice low ratio and something like having a manual 4sp with maybe 4.11 rear end. But the 350 with the converter (I have a fairly conservative OEM stall but I don't know the exact number) still starts out nicely. I'm not racing the thing just cruises. Yet the 1-2 WOT shift will get a nice chirp from the tires.
If I had gone to a 2004R with the .67 OD and changed the rear end I could have gotten back to about the same first gear ratio and still had about 2000 RPM at 60 but I didn't want to go to the trouble and expense of changing the rear end. All things considered I guess I'm happy. Except for what it cost to pay someone else to do what I used to do for myself.
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