Just to get things straight, its the previous of my 73 bird that swapped a 8.2 HD Safe T Track rear end in the 73, not me I got the car like that with healthy rebuilt P350, leaky Th350. and the 3.36 Safe T Track HD read end.
The car is a really nice driver, rust free ( desert car from Palm Springs area) but Id like this thing a little faster, so I got a 500-525hp 461 Stroker, JH Continental converter , built Th400 and a 30 spline True Trac 3.08 geared 8.5 10 bolt going in this winter.
Then I have another car a 1980 plain jane Camaro that currently has rebuilt 350/Th350 and 2.56 open rear, its rust free but a little rough and never ran to its full potential. So the original plan was to swap the Th350 for a 4 speed that I have on the shelves here ( 2.64 Super T-10) and put the 8.2 Safe T Track that will be removed from the 73 Bird this winter.
But Now my daughter needs a new 350 for her 79 C10 , so I first thought Ill put the Camaro's 350 in her truck and build one of the cores SBC 400 I have here. But you know how things are, one things leads to another , I also have numerous 454s including a 454 LS-7 XCH short block sitting on the shelves , I have everything to make it street friendly , steel flywheel, lakewood bellhousing, iron case Super T10 ...I was just wondering if using the 8.2 Safe T track would have been OK. But seems like it isnt lol ...
Whats funny is I am trying to re-use the parts I have lying around in the shop , but looks like I will end with even more parts on the shelves... LOL
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