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washington blue · 03-23-2022, 11:45 PM

Cameo beat me to it. 2.73 gears will have you unhappy. The timing will not go to full advance, the vacuum advance will suffer. The carb vacuum will suffer. The torque converter will not lock up, and your gas millage will really suffer.
Those engines need about 2200 rpm to be happy.

03-23-2022, 11:45 PM	#7
washington blue Registered User Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Not far from Sioux Falls South Dakota Posts: 328	Re: My 1956 3100 Build Cameo beat me to it. 2.73 gears will have you unhappy. The timing will not go to full advance, the vacuum advance will suffer. The carb vacuum will suffer. The torque converter will not lock up, and your gas millage will really suffer. Those engines need about 2200 rpm to be happy.