What rear end gear??

Malibu81 wrote:
> On May 29, 1:08 pm, Mike Romain > wrote:
>> Malibu81 wrote:
>>> On May 28, 2:46 pm, Mike Romain > wrote:
>>>> Malibu81 wrote:
>>>>> I have been in a wheelchair for about 10 years now and i built an 81
>>>>> malibu with a 406 sbc, Edelbrock RPM heads, Tunnel Ram w/2-450
>>>>> Holleys, full MSD setup, cam is crane 300 dur 510 lift, with a Pete
>>>>> Jackson Gear Drive, stall is
>>>>> 2800-3200 th350 trans, i am currently running the stock 7.25 inch 10
>>>>> bolt w/ a spool (poor mans posi) hahaha and 3.08 gears, i have
>>>>> lakewood lift bars also. It
>>>>> gets out of the hole good with the stall and the torque of the 406
>>>>> but
>>>>> my friends all give me crap about my 3.08 gears. dont hear em whining
>>>>> about it when i blow their doors off though. what should i do? keep
>>>>> taking the crap or go to a diff gear? what will it do to my setup?
>>>>> how
>>>>> would the car perform, and what do ya think i am running for hp out
>>>>> of
>>>>> it? its a 1972 block w 2 bolt mains.
>>>>> Thank You All
>>>>> Brett B.
>>>> Hmm....
>>>> If you have the power, I kinda like the tall gears....
>>>> I had a Mini with a built Cooper-S style engine and I thoroughly enjoyed
>>>> drafting the 1/4 mile 'Muscle' cars with their low gears up to 85-95 mph
>>>> when they totally ran out of steam. Mine was just topping 3rd and
>>>> hitting 4th gear under power at those speeds...
>>>> I am currently running a Dana 44 with 3.31's with 33" tires and a nicely
>>>> tuned 258 in my Jeep CJ7 and keep getting flack about my tall gears.
>>>> Well, I have a low range and almost never need 1st low. In high, 2nd
>>>> tops a fast 52 mph at 4400 rpm, 3rd hauls nice up to an easy 75 mph, 4th
>>>> buries the speedo at 85 and I have 'no' urge to find out how fast 5th
>>>> will go.
>>>> I also get a consistent 23 mpg highway which isn't bad for a flying brick.
>>>> Mike
>>>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
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>>> Flying brick huh , i like that! hahaha i dont know if i would wanna go
>>> over 85 in a jeep either, sounds pretty impressive though. i had tried
>>> a 4.56 with a nice posi unit and a pair of 9" slicks i think they were
>>> anyway. Launched it hard once and had to have it towed back to the
>>> garage, popped the cover and all kinds of springs and teeth and crap
>>> fell out hahaha. tooo much torque out of that little 406 i think. ?
>>> for ya, its really difficult for me to stage the car with the hand
>>> controls in it, its one lever that you pull down for the gas and press
>>> forward for the brakes. what would work better or whats the diff
>>> between "roll control and line lock?" im thinkin something like that
>>> would help alot.
>>> Thanx for the feedback, it is greatly appreciated.
>>> Brett B.
>> I know that hand unit you use, I have jockied cars around with them in.
>> The one I used had a twist grip I think for throttle and straight push
>> for brake.
>>
>> I would be thinking a line lock that had a thumb trigger. You can lock
>> the front and rear brakes independently that way also.
>>
>> I am under the impression the roll control is a rolling in reverse thing
>> for rookie clutch users?
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>> Jan/06http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2115147590
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>
> A twist grip would be awesome, like a motorcycle? that would be alot
> easier to stage, thanx for the tip i appreciate it.
> Brett B.
>

Yes, it was like a motorcycle twist grip. This unit would have been
sold in eastern Canada in the 70's. A friend's father had an industrial
accident and needed it.

You could do a mean 'brake stand' too easily if you didn't have the
coordination just right. LOL!

Mike

On Jun 2, 8:28 am, Mike Romain > wrote:
> Malibu81 wrote:
> > On May 29, 1:08 pm, Mike Romain > wrote:
> >> Malibu81 wrote:
> >>> On May 28, 2:46 pm, Mike Romain > wrote:
> >>>> Malibu81 wrote:
> >>>>> I have been in a wheelchair for about 10 years now and i built an 81
> >>>>> malibu with a 406 sbc, Edelbrock RPM heads, Tunnel Ram w/2-450
> >>>>> Holleys, full MSD setup, cam is crane 300 dur 510 lift, with a Pete
> >>>>> Jackson Gear Drive, stall is
> >>>>> 2800-3200 th350 trans, i am currently running the stock 7.25 inch 10
> >>>>> bolt w/ a spool (poor mans posi) hahaha and 3.08 gears, i have
> >>>>> lakewood lift bars also. It
> >>>>> gets out of the hole good with the stall and the torque of the 406
> >>>>> but
> >>>>> my friends all give me crap about my 3.08 gears. dont hear em whining
> >>>>> about it when i blow their doors off though. what should i do? keep
> >>>>> taking the crap or go to a diff gear? what will it do to my setup?
> >>>>> how
> >>>>> would the car perform, and what do ya think i am running for hp out
> >>>>> of
> >>>>> it? its a 1972 block w 2 bolt mains.
> >>>>> Thank You All
> >>>>> Brett B.
> >>>> Hmm....
> >>>> If you have the power, I kinda like the tall gears....
> >>>> I had a Mini with a built Cooper-S style engine and I thoroughly enjoyed
> >>>> drafting the 1/4 mile 'Muscle' cars with their low gears up to 85-95 mph
> >>>> when they totally ran out of steam. Mine was just topping 3rd and
> >>>> hitting 4th gear under power at those speeds...
> >>>> I am currently running a Dana 44 with 3.31's with 33" tires and a nicely
> >>>> tuned 258 in my Jeep CJ7 and keep getting flack about my tall gears.
> >>>> Well, I have a low range and almost never need 1st low. In high, 2nd
> >>>> tops a fast 52 mph at 4400 rpm, 3rd hauls nice up to an easy 75 mph, 4th
> >>>> buries the speedo at 85 and I have 'no' urge to find out how fast 5th
> >>>> will go.
> >>>> I also get a consistent 23 mpg highway which isn't bad for a flying brick.
> >>>> Mike
> >>>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >>>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >>>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> >>>> Jan/06http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2115147590
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> >>> Flying brick huh , i like that! hahaha i dont know if i would wanna go
> >>> over 85 in a jeep either, sounds pretty impressive though. i had tried
> >>> a 4.56 with a nice posi unit and a pair of 9" slicks i think they were
> >>> anyway. Launched it hard once and had to have it towed back to the
> >>> garage, popped the cover and all kinds of springs and teeth and crap
> >>> fell out hahaha. tooo much torque out of that little 406 i think. ?
> >>> for ya, its really difficult for me to stage the car with the hand
> >>> controls in it, its one lever that you pull down for the gas and press
> >>> forward for the brakes. what would work better or whats the diff
> >>> between "roll control and line lock?" im thinkin something like that
> >>> would help alot.
> >>> Thanx for the feedback, it is greatly appreciated.
> >>> Brett B.
> >> I know that hand unit you use, I have jockied cars around with them in.
> >> The one I used had a twist grip I think for throttle and straight push
> >> for brake.
>
> >> I would be thinking a line lock that had a thumb trigger. You can lock
> >> the front and rear brakes independently that way also.
>
> >> I am under the impression the roll control is a rolling in reverse thing
> >> for rookie clutch users?
>
> >> Mike
> >> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> >> Jan/06http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2115147590
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> > A twist grip would be awesome, like a motorcycle? that would be alot
> > easier to stage, thanx for the tip i appreciate it.
> > Brett B.
>
> Yes, it was like a motorcycle twist grip. This unit would have been
> sold in eastern Canada in the 70's. A friend's father had an industrial
> accident and needed it.
>
> You could do a mean 'brake stand' too easily if you didn't have the
> coordination just right. LOL!
>
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Mike, you dont happen to remember where he got it or a site perhaps
that would make them? sounds like that would be much easier for my
situation. I have searched and searched to no avail for this item or
anything loke it, maybe im just not user friendly when it comes to
computers. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx again for your help.
Brett B.