Comments needed on a Bluebird puller conversion

[Jim March]

dthollis1961 wrote:

> Jim,
>
> It's a great engine, but I don't see how you could go faster than 55
> MPH or so with those gears though with 2500 or 2600 RPM redline.
> When
> Dodge started putting them into their pick-ups, they had to have 3.07
> gearing with the automatic(no overdrive then) just so they could be
> run on the highway. There is a speed/RPM chart on the vintagebird
> site to give you an idea.


Dang. You're right.

Either this thing has a radical overdrive on the Allison (gearvendors
and the current owner doesn't know how to take it off overdrive?!) or
the rear end HAS to have been changed.

Sigh. And with no tach, no way of knowing if it was re-geared "right".

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Jim