cruising on the freeway avarage was about 60 mph 235 engine 3 on the tree transmission with overdrive 3:73 rear end gears a few times i needed more power to get a round a few slow slow big rigs going under 50 mph i put my foot down and its slow to get mph back up once i get her back to 60 thats it no more juice not very quick anyways but i did have her up to 69mph so long story long if i put on dual carbs shoud i have a quicker acceleration and a little more juice when i need it?????or change over to SBC
I take it your overdrive doesn't have a kickdown switch. 3.73's in OD come to a 2.61 final gearing which is a load even for a V8. The factory gear for OD was 4.11 and they were slow to accelerate in OD. Next time your out cruising start to accelerate and QUICKLY turn the key off and right back on; this will kick it down to straight drive and should pick up speed much quicker. 60 mph in straight drive with 3.73's won't hurt a thing and once your up to speed let up on the gas pedal and your right back in OD.
thanks thanks Evan i think i will move the switch in the cab so i can push it with my finger and know that iam kicking it down. it was cool running about 60 on the freeway there is a youtube video of this c10 truck club heading to the brothers truck show as they head up the on ramp you just see the top of my cab jamming on by than my neighbor in his red k5 blazer with a white top and my other neighbor with his blue sub
O/d evan i was going up a hill needed more power i did what you said key off and on real quick it put me in regular 3rd gear and got speed back up let off the gas o/d kicked back in worked out nice. Thanks robert
Robert, There is a photo on the Brothers web page where is states see us on facebook, a really good photo. http://www.brotherstrucks.com/ Charles
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