What gears?

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Jun 19, 06 8:14 pm

And its a 383 is it????

Rogue Trooper · Post by **Rogue Trooper** » Mon Jun 19, 06 8:23 pm

no its a 440, is that cam booklet for a 383?

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Jun 19, 06 8:24 pm

No idea. 383s and 440s take the same cams.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Jun 19, 06 8:36 pm

Mmmm.

Well it looks to me like it is making peak torque at between 4000 and 4500rpm.

So you are going to want something like a 4.10:1 rear gear mate.

Rogue Trooper · Post by **Rogue Trooper** » Mon Jun 19, 06 8:39 pm

Thanks Dave, i take it that something not right, cos of the shocked smilies

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Jun 19, 06 9:42 pm

I think it is right mate but it seems a bit on the wild side and you may not like going far on gears that low. But on paper you should run good times and get fair mpg out of it. No worse than now anyway. Plus you should have a 3000rpm stall converter in the trans.

Rogue Trooper · Post by **Rogue Trooper** » Tue Jun 20, 06 9:40 pm

Thanks Dave, it`s got a 2800 stall in it, the trans has just had a rebuild,
pretty wild could cover a lot of things, could you explain,

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Tue Jun 20, 06 9:56 pm

Looking at it it probably has a high rpm powerband. Probably makes about 500hp?

Does the rpm drop much when you put it in gear? Do you have to hold it back firmly on the brake when at idle in drive?

Rogue Trooper · Post by **Rogue Trooper** » Tue Jun 20, 06 10:11 pm

500

i should get my car back on sat

i`ll post asap about the rpm drop/ holding it back firmly, it won`t be till next weekend, Many thanks Dave.