quote:Originally posted by comp2:
Actually, I don't really care about top end, i mean you know, what good is anything over 150 unless your doing the long courses in Nevada (which would be fun). I will probably keep the rev limiter at 5500 or 6000. I took the car to the drag strip and was suprised how fast I hit the rev limiter. They are good things!
Oh yeah. If a Pantera had a shifter that you could speed shift it would be the terror of the dragway. I did notice that those Mustangs that run in the sevens and eights are now using 3.26 rear end ratios. Back in the old days we liked to get 3.90 or so gear ratios, but now with these cars turning almost 200 through the traps, they need the longer legs toward the end.
Let us know how your motor turns out. I always wanted a 427. Been a dream of mine for decades.