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Hi Mark very slow here - have a buddy doing the body-work - pans etc - still doing the rusty bucket thing - inclu...frame pans (out of a '66 - bumper to bumper etc etc) re the alum - rad- here's my question - use a fluidyne in my '94 vette - is very close to ah those as measured in the Chevelle / Elky BB's etc - one "major" difference - is a cross flow - the 4 core desert cooler steel boat-anchor i have in a box fot the bb swap is a desert cooler 4- row - cross-flow - if i were to run an alum. rad - why can't the cross-flow work in the Elky - no ac in this - use a seperate old big momba Hayden cooler for the tranny now - seems to me - that BeCool as well as Griffin have both said they do not have crossflows for the 67 model yr - at any rate - thanks for you advice on the all this - decided i will not run the A/C for the present time being since my big thing is cooling the tranny on this BB (i.e. - the question of spce and where all these coolers are going to fit ! rgds, bill (rusty bucket heaven) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 6:56 AM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] 4.10 gears > > Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > I run about 2800 RPM at 65 and about 3000 at 70. I have a 2500 stall behind > a 500 HP 454. I am running 275 60 15 rear tires. Believe it or not I > actually get fairley good gas mileage on the highway about 14-15 mpg. Also > keep in mind that it is a true 4.10 gear with tires that are 26 inches tall > (Someone please correct me if I'm wrong). Any tire which is taller will cut > down on the gear ratio. You may want to think about a 3.73 gear. This is > just an opinion but I think they are more of an all purpose gear. Gives you > holeshot ability and keeps the rpms lower if you plan on doing alot of > highway travel > > Tom > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
