PG vs. th350/400 on the street
#11
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Originally Posted by Tod74
I'm sure this has been asked before but I'll ask again. Has anyone ever swapped from a 400 to a glide with no other changes and if so what was the result? I am just curious about the gain or loss in ET between the 2. I know the glide is best for bracket racing but I want to know about which one will et the best in a 3200 lb BBC car...I don't care about consistant. I just wonder if the lower first gear and harder launch with the 400 will be offset by the extra hp needed to turn it. I just horse around with my car and have fun, so consistancy doesn't concern me much. It dead hooks with little burnout with a glide...60' is low 1.30's I just was thinking of putting a 400 in it for fun.
It just don't lift the front wheels off the ground anymore. :cry: :cry: :cry:
#12
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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It depends on your weight and engine. A glide worked better in my application with a light car and blown engine on the street. When you put a 3 speed in gear, and drive it, if you have a stall above 3000 there are two many gears, the convertor never locks up cruisen around an makes alot of heat. If its light, a glide. If its heavy a th400 for sure
#13
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Originally Posted by Tod74
I'm sure this has been asked before but I'll ask again. Has anyone ever swapped from a 400 to a glide with no other changes and if so what was the result? I am just curious about the gain or loss in ET between the 2. I know the glide is best for bracket racing but I want to know about which one will et the best in a 3200 lb BBC car...I don't care about consistant. I just wonder if the lower first gear and harder launch with the 400 will be offset by the extra hp needed to turn it. I just horse around with my car and have fun, so consistancy doesn't concern me much. It dead hooks with little burnout with a glide...60' is low 1.30's I just was thinking of putting a 400 in it for fun.
#14
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Originally Posted by cepx111
Originally Posted by Tod74
I'm sure this has been asked before but I'll ask again. Has anyone ever swapped from a 400 to a glide with no other changes and if so what was the result? I am just curious about the gain or loss in ET between the 2. I know the glide is best for bracket racing but I want to know about which one will et the best in a 3200 lb BBC car...I don't care about consistent. I just wonder if the lower first gear and harder launch with the 400 will be offset by the extra hp needed to turn it. I just horse around with my car and have fun, so consistency doesn't concern me much. It dead hooks with little burnout with a glide...60' is low 1.30's I just was thinking of putting a 400 in it for fun.
I may do that so I can brag that my car was so powerful it destroyed the trans.
#18
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: New Richmond, WI.
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400 all the way. i have to run a 350 or a PG in my dirt mod. easly go threw 2 or 3 a year no matter how much money you stick in to them.
used 400's in pullin and mud trucks never once a problem with them.
used 400's in pullin and mud trucks never once a problem with them.