Re: 143mph? (was Re: IML: Tune Up Edelbrock v. AFB)

["Hailey (Morgan) Moore" <materialgurl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David



On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:20:37 -0800, David Whitney
<david.whitney@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> With stock 440, 2.76 highway gears and stock torqueflite you can do 143 at
> a hair over 5000rpm -- formula is approx 28mph per 1000rpm.  Not entirely
> outside the realm of possibility.  There's a guy in Maine who put a
> Gearvendors overdrive behind his 440/727 combo, and he claims to do 190 in
> a 1966 Chrysler 300 -- close enough to an Imperial for me.  Granted he did
> a few other things -- extra leaf springs, thicker sway bar and torsion bar,
> etc, but still.  What he did not do is weight reduction.

My car has had some extensive work done to lower it a couple of
inches, and stiffen the suspension. It steers effortlessly at 100 MPH
on the freeway with one finger.

> A properly built 440 at 6200rpm, 3.55 gears and an O/D unit behind the
> transmission will move a 5000 lb. Imperial at about 200mph.  Just gotta
> find the right tires.

I have always wanted to do that. Maybe I'll get my friend to rebuild
my 440 again with a different cam shaft, and some other things. Next
summer could be really fun.

-Hailey


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