Sounds like it's going somewhere when it's really not it's way too steep a gear I don't think it needs to be all that in a truck that light when the motor clearly makes some torque make it work for you all your doing is running that poor 355 to death using all HP and no torque at all just my opinion yeah it was spinning so it wasn't going anywhere that's my point let the motor over come the taller gear and not spin as easy that's again my opinion
It's kinda funny you say that. I had 4.10 at first. Then 4.88. That rear went kapow! So I threw in some 5.13 gears. Ran my best 1/8 mile with those. I've since put in 4.56 since I'm going from a powerglide to a TH350. I turn the engine to 8000rpms at times. The power curve is from 4500-7800rpms. The cam calls for no less than 4500 stall, 4.56 gears, 12:1 compression, 350ci, in a medium weight vehicle. My combo is matched very well. My compression is down a little, at 11.1:1 to stay pump gas friendly. I've played with gearing. I loved how the 4.88s felt. But that was with the powerglide transmission. With that transmission, it needed the gears. In that combo, my overall first gear had a 8.88 ratio. The 5.13 and powerglide with a 1.82 first gear gave it a 9.33 overall gear in first. That equates to a 3.70 w/TH350. Make sense? Also, show me something with power, with stock springs, stock rear shocks, 90/10 front shocks, CalTracs and drag radials that will hook on bare asphalt without any type of burnout "juice". By the way, it does 7.80s on the street in just that configuration. No burnout, no prep, just knowing the truck and how to work the throttle when necessary. For a build I did in my gravel driveway, by myself, I'd say it does well. I appreciate the criticism. Trust me I do. The keyboard warriors are some of my favorites!
That's not a 5000 stall I have a 355 with shaved heads 292 cam with a 1800 stall I can tell you it's not running 7000 rpm either switch the button on the tachometer to v8 instead of having it on a 4 cylinder u might get 5800 rpm to the max
She sounds great my friend, I'm waitin on my machinist to finish my 350/355 block right now so I can hopefully get my lil 98 stepside s-10 up n going...🙏 but he has had it for 4 months now..🤔🤣 what size cam ? I'm sure u said it, but I couldn't hear u over tht beautiful music sound coming from the motor ❤🙋♂️
It’s a Lunati solid flat tappet drag race cam. .556/.556 lift and like 296/304 or so duration cam. I know that’s the lift but I may be off on duration some. And thank you.
Sounds like it's going somewhere when it's really not it's way too steep a gear I don't think it needs to be all that in a truck that light when the motor clearly makes some torque make it work for you all your doing is running that poor 355 to death using all HP and no torque at all just my opinion yeah it was spinning so it wasn't going anywhere that's my point let the motor over come the taller gear and not spin as easy that's again my opinion
It's kinda funny you say that. I had 4.10 at first. Then 4.88. That rear went kapow! So I threw in some 5.13 gears. Ran my best 1/8 mile with those. I've since put in 4.56 since I'm going from a powerglide to a TH350. I turn the engine to 8000rpms at times. The power curve is from 4500-7800rpms. The cam calls for no less than 4500 stall, 4.56 gears, 12:1 compression, 350ci, in a medium weight vehicle. My combo is matched very well. My compression is down a little, at 11.1:1 to stay pump gas friendly. I've played with gearing. I loved how the 4.88s felt. But that was with the powerglide transmission. With that transmission, it needed the gears. In that combo, my overall first gear had a 8.88 ratio. The 5.13 and powerglide with a 1.82 first gear gave it a 9.33 overall gear in first. That equates to a 3.70 w/TH350. Make sense?
Also, show me something with power, with stock springs, stock rear shocks, 90/10 front shocks, CalTracs and drag radials that will hook on bare asphalt without any type of burnout "juice".
By the way, it does 7.80s on the street in just that configuration. No burnout, no prep, just knowing the truck and how to work the throttle when necessary. For a build I did in my gravel driveway, by myself, I'd say it does well.
I appreciate the criticism. Trust me I do. The keyboard warriors are some of my favorites!
That's not a 5000 stall I have a 355 with shaved heads 292 cam with a 1800 stall I can tell you it's not running 7000 rpm either switch the button on the tachometer to v8 instead of having it on a 4 cylinder u might get 5800 rpm to the max
Terrible combo unless your always running 1/8th and nun less💀🤣
It's all I care to run. What's your build? And, it's an absolute blast to drive!! Puts smiles on everyone's face!
By the way, to be a street driven truck with a 355ci engine on pump gas, no power adder and runs 7.30s consistently, that's a great build, Chef.
Man she picks up instantly
Healthy motor but this is a 30 second video lol
She sounds great my friend, I'm waitin on my machinist to finish my 350/355 block right now so I can hopefully get my lil 98 stepside s-10 up n going...🙏 but he has had it for 4 months now..🤔🤣 what size cam ? I'm sure u said it, but I couldn't hear u over tht beautiful music sound coming from the motor ❤🙋♂️
It’s a Lunati solid flat tappet drag race cam. .556/.556 lift and like 296/304 or so duration cam. I know that’s the lift but I may be off on duration some.
And thank you.
I also run a Lunati it's a voodoo cam solid flat tapped with 1.6 554 1.5 520. Lift 276_282 and dur 241_249 dur 110 lobe
VA cool. I've had a place in Lynchburg for years.
Yee - haw!
Man that is crazy !! High gears and high stall ! I was curious if that whining was straight cut gears or a mechanical diode in the converter ?
It was the gears. Ended up the pinion nut was coming loose. Locked up on me not long after that.