Comments needed on a Bluebird puller conversion

[Jim March]

randydupree wrote:

> did you say 13 grand? lots of money left over to change it!
> randydupree93wb


Heh. Yeah, I know.

And add a whole garage on the back .

Jim

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim March
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 12:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Comments needed on a Bluebird
> puller conversion
>
>
> 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
>
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