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Old Dec 29, 2012 | 02:14 PM
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I went with a 4l80e in my personal notch build. Overdrive is nice for highway cruising.
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Old Dec 29, 2012 | 02:14 PM
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A glide is perfectly tolerable on the street IMO. If I had the space in my car I'd have done an 80e but otherwise all of the other choices are 1:1 final drive anyway, so it's not like a 400 or glide are any better or worse as far as street driving. Plus I imagine this will be light... all in favor of a glide... just make sure you have enough gear. The 3.73s are too short IMO.
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Old Dec 29, 2012 | 05:04 PM
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I have a set of 327 gears now, do you think they will be alright or you think a 308 or 273 would be better?
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Old Dec 29, 2012 | 05:18 PM
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build looks great and i think you would be ok with the 327 gear and the glide, good luck
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Old Dec 29, 2012 | 05:34 PM
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I have a set of 327 gears now, do you think they will be alright or you think a 308 or 273 would be better?
how tall of a tire?
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Old Dec 29, 2012 | 09:57 PM
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28" tall tire
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Old Dec 29, 2012 | 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Sarg
I went with a 4l80e in my personal notch build. Overdrive is nice for highway cruising.
I wouldn't mind having a 4l80e but that's a little out of my budget right now
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Old Dec 30, 2012 | 11:48 AM
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i think your fine with 3.27s.
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Cant wait to see it finished!!!
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Old Dec 30, 2012 | 01:03 PM
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Looking nice so far
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Old Dec 30, 2012 | 05:19 PM
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Yeah I cant wait to see it finished either, it wouldn't look half as good as it does if it wasn't for my good friend "hybridstang" he's a great fabricator. If anybody needs any fab work done feel free to hit him up.
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Old Dec 30, 2012 | 05:45 PM
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Thanks for the shout out ricky bobby! Cant wait til summer when were dominating the track haha i hope.
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Old Jan 1, 2013 | 06:58 PM
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Hybridstang got all my cold side piping and inter cooler done today and everything looked great and when we loaded it on the trailer I forgot to pull the e brake and it rolled off and smashed the intercooler piping up on the driver side so that sucked but it is what it is.
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Old Jan 1, 2013 | 07:07 PM
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Oh man that sucks. I had my 66 F250 knock it self out of park, idle up the driveway, down the driveway, across the street, plow through a small ditch in the neighbors yard, turn 90 degrees and start heading for a serious ravine before I managed to jump in and slam on the brakes. **** happens some times, but at least it does not sound too bad.
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Old Jan 1, 2013 | 07:45 PM
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No it's not to bad just got to buy a 3" aluminum 90 and cut out the bad spot and reweld it ill post up some pics later. You made any progress on your build sarg.
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Things got slowed way down by a $2000 septic repair, but I just ordered turbo blanket little steel and my electric fans in the past week. Should be back at it here soon.
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It sucked ay the time but sure is funny now hahaah
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Originally Posted by Rpayne41985
Here are some pics of turbo brace


where can u get a flange like that?
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Old Jan 2, 2013 | 05:43 PM
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Things got slowed way down by a $2000 septic repair, but I just ordered turbo blanket little steel and my electric fans in the past week. Should be back at it here soon.
That sucks but the septic is more important then any car
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