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WARP TEN · 06-06-2018

Just as aside to this rear gear discussion, when I was a teenager in the early sixties working at a local marine hardware store, the guy who ran the lumber yard--Vinnie from the Bronx--was building a '56 chevy based drag car with a big block (probably a 396). He said he was running 5.13 rear gears! What a stump puller.Probably shooting for wheelstands, and probably got up to about 20 mph before he had to shift to second. I don't know how well he ran in the quarter mile. That pearl is lost to history.--Bob

06-06-2018	#15
WARP TEN Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lake Bluff, IL Posts: 2,036	Re: 4:10 gears Just as aside to this rear gear discussion, when I was a teenager in the early sixties working at a local marine hardware store, the guy who ran the lumber yard--Vinnie from the Bronx--was building a '56 chevy based drag car with a big block (probably a 396). He said he was running 5.13 rear gears! What a stump puller.Probably shooting for wheelstands, and probably got up to about 20 mph before he had to shift to second. I don't know how well he ran in the quarter mile. That pearl is lost to history.--Bob __________________ 2016 Long Beach Red Z06 #10281 "POPS Z" 1995 Polo Green #409 "WARP TEN"--Haibeck 350/510 package, 4.10s, Hurst, Stock Exhaust with QTP Cutouts --Sold but still running strong 1993 Quasar Blue #161 "HIL KING" --Sold but still running strong, now with more than 120,000 miles 1967 Marlboro Maroon/Saddle Corvette Coupe 300 hp/4-spd --Sold a long time ago ZR-1 Net Registry Founding Member #95 NCM Lifetime Member Favorite Quote--Attributed to Mickey Thompson: "Too Much Horsepower is Almost Enough"