Performance.

[wbute]

My 84 wb with 4.2 and m20 3.36 diff gets flogged by my brothers 82 wb with 4.2 m20 3.08 diff. It also flogged the 83 wb I had with 4.2 m20 3.36 diff.
The engines have both been rebuilt by the same machine shop and run the same cams. When I say flogged, I mean around town at the lights and definately on the highway.
I know that the 3.08 should be slower off the mark but I think that you can run it longer between gear changes gives it heaps more advantage in a drag.
As far as standard cars go, I reckon my other brothers wb statesman with 3.08 diff had more balls than any 253 I have ever driven. For a big car that old 5 litre used to get up and boogie.

[AN5590]

I know that the 3.08 should be slower off the mark but I think that you can run it longer between gear changes gives it heaps more advantage in a drag.

Agree, am running basically stock 308 in my ute with M21 and 3.08 diff - the tall first gear makes a real difference once you get off the line.

[ozbox]

anything with 2.78 and 3.08 will out drive a 3.36 or 3.55 in the long run...but the question was ...in normal driving conditions...now ask yourselves the question...what is normal.?...:D:D

[wbute]

anything with 2.78 and 3.08 will out drive a 3.36 or 3.55 in the long run...but the question was ...in normal driving conditions...now ask yourselves the question...what is normal.?...:D:D

Yeah I was just thinking about that after I posted that. Is cracking them open and listening for the induction noise through the secondaries normal?
speaking of which, i went for a crack in a mates UC Torana with the A9X style spoiler on the bonnet. How cool do they sound when you stick it into them. You can hear the secondaries snap shut when you get of the throttle.

[ozbox]

nothin has a better induction noise than one of these babys...solinoid controlled opening rear flap...

[wbute]

Would loooooooove to have a spin in one of them:twisted:

[ozbox]

Would loooooooove to have a spin in one of them:twisted:

well i could take you in the gto but the transam closest in the pic is now in wa and the other 1 has been parked for 6 years now..must pull finger and unpark it..:Chin:
the fun one is the transam thats parked..its got a tickled 455ho...and ho does not stand for handling option..

[Absinth]

This baby will do me.....

[wbute]

One thing the sepos could do right was build a car with balls.:twisted:

[ozbox]

This baby will do me.....

never been a fan of that model with a ragtop.....i like the 69 with a ragtop tho...mate had one he had restored to mint ...cruisin on summer nights with the top down was good..but during the day sucked..:knockout: