First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... I had been running a 2.56 peg leg behind my 455 since 2001 in my 69 vert till i swapped it with a 3.23 posi earlier this year. The 8.2 is plenty strong as is unless you're going to be doing 5000 rpm clutch dumps to your slicks at the track. If you do a lot of highway cruising, I would leave well enough alone. It will keep your RPM's lower at highway speeds keeping the temps down and the wear and tear down also. That said, I would recomend going to a well built 2004R with OD and lockup torque converter AND 3.23's. That's what my combo is now and it keeps the RPM's down below 2000 at 70 (it was down at about 1400 with the 2.56 before!) and it still gives you nice burnouts and launches.
Hugo ________________________________ From: Mike Obbink <[email protected]> To: First Generation Firebird-L <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 12:27:24 PM Subject: [FGF] Rear End First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List .......................................................................... Hey guys, what is the easiest way to get a 3.08 or preferably a 3.23 gear into my peg leg 2.56 8.2 rear? Is the 8.2 really that wimpy? Someday I will stroke out my 400 to a 455. In the back of my mind I would think the thing would be strong enough unless I strapped on some slicks which would maybe once or twice in my lifetime. What do you think? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/>
