Posted by Charlie (IP: 131.204.141.38) on December 18, 2000 at 19:03:23:
In Reply to: Putting power to the ground posted by Russ on December 17, 2000 at 21:15:19:
Where'd you get a 2.87? Never heard of it. Anyway, you'll still see a major benefit from 3.55:1 gears. You'll see better acceleration in all your other gears. I don't know what combo you have in your Comet, or what tranny but if you don't have any traction with 2.87:1's then you need a lower stall converter or something. Launching isn't full throttle, and when you feather it with 3.55:1's it'll be a lot faster than with the 2.87:1's. And definitely get a posi and traction bars. -CP
: My 74 Mav with the 289 has the 2.87 open rear. I'm considering a gear change to 3.55 or so. Right now the car will smoke one tire all day long.I assume if I put 3.55's into it will "break" the tires loose even easier. My question is, from a performance standpoint, will it come out of the hole quicker with the 3.55 even if I have to ease up on the gas to get it to "hook up" I guess what I'm asking is, if the car over powers the tire(s) with the 2.87 gears now, how would a gear change to 3.55 help if I can't leave the line at full throttle? Thanks Russ