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Originally Posted by dataway
OK, got it, thank you sir.
So there is no way anyone will ever put 8.5 parts in a 8.2 diff CASE ... but aftermarket 8.2 upgrades are available.
B-Man ... I blame you for sending me down this road ... I'm seeing bad pictures in my head of much more dramatic acceleration than my current open 2.93  As a kid I had a good friend with a 69 Lemans (350, 4brl ), mildly modified, with a 3.23 posi that would keep up with my stock GTO ... I never forgot that.
Still ... it will have to wait a couple of years. |
That Lemans could keep up with your GTO....until about 100 mph. Back in the late '70's my 66 GTO with 3.55's really ran hard. My buddy had a '67 with a 2.93 and he was envious. Until we got on the highway. He walked away from me easily after 100 mph. And his car got better mileage and ran cooler, too. I swapped a 2.56 Safe-T-Track into my '67 GTO about 12 years ago and love the mpg and easy 80 mph cruise speed. On a recent 2700 mile trip to Colorado, I averaged 20.6 miles per gallon.....most of it at 80 mph.