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After removing cover on 14 bolt GM axle and finding the numbers--it's the rare 3.21 ratio.
GM called it 3.21 but 42 divided by 13 is really 3.23. Only made those from what I can tell
in 1982-83 in a 14 bolt and there are no replacement ring & pinions. Which is ok because
there is nothing wrong with this one, plus a good highway gear ratio with a 345 hp 383.
Should be around 2,200 rpm at 60 to 65 with 31's.

 

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Have a 727 Torqueflite to rebuild, will post photos of it. Going behind the 383, which I just
finished throttle linkage for kick down for 727. Most crap wagon the linkage together when
installing a high rise intake manifold. I always spend the time to customize it to fit/work like
factory. I rebuilt the bracket on this Dodge small block after installing a aftermarket intake.
plus change arm on carb to match factory 4BL.
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[westerner]

Good work. Any one who has ever chased sloppy primary shaft bushings can see you have too.

Rochester primary shaft diameter is .308, ish. Quite convenient, that is.....

 

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you know, that would be fun to be in one of those just for kicks. I just don't like harming cars that much now i'm older. mostly I like fixing things.

 

[Truck Shop]

you know, that would be fun to be in one of those just for kicks. I just don't like harming cars that much now i'm older. mostly I like fixing things.

Only thing it has going for it was those were headed to the crusher anyways. I build a few
engines for local guys but it isn't something I would pay to watch.

 

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Average income in 1969 was $8,300 mustang was 26% of income, average income today
figured nationally $78,000 a mustang gt is 62% of income.
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[GunnieSacked]

Average income in 1969 was $8,300 mustang was 26% of income, average income today
figured nationally $78,000 a mustang gt is 62% of income.
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And gas was $0.35 a gallon!

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[Old Doug]

The 727 was a very good trans and easy to rebuild . I have a old motor home to junk with a big Dodge engine . Its fiberglass its body will have to be cut up and hauled to the trash place . I dont look forward to this job. Several guys said the wanted the engine i told them they could have it if they took the thing and junked it . At least 3 guys said great they would take it but its still here.

 

[Truck Shop]

I have a old motor home to junk

Around the average price to scrap a motorhome is $50 bucks a foot.
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727's are easy yes---till easy doesn't work when finished.

 

[Old Doug]

I had very good luck with the 727 i rebuilt some they were in pickups with bale beds that could haul 2 big round bails of hay at a time but the drivers were good and used low range most of the time when using 4wd. Low range is the key to making a automatic last.

 

[GunnieSacked]

I have seen a lot of motor sports but this one takes the cake!
Auto Polo

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Auto Polo

There's a a lot to be said for the sporting endeavours of the first motorists, "Auto Polo" is a long dead sport...Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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[Truck Shop]

It's always reassuring that anything on two legs has been desperate for entertainment since they
moved out of the trees to ground dwellers.

 

[Truck Shop]

Some accessories mounted on 383--getting very hard to come up with correct mounts/pulleys.
I built a new mount at block to raise with one long bolt the power steering pump then made a
new adjuster mount to pump housing. Plus throttle/kick down mount revamped. Because the
carb is a offshore knockoff 650 cfm AFB. I took it apart to check floats jets and internals, all was
perfect---unlike the last three Edelbrock's I dealt with, all three the float settings were extremely
low, and made in the U.S.A.
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And some A727 Chrysler transmission parts and pieces.
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[westerner]

You do good work. I have built a carb or two myself. My personal belief is that the Quadrajet is the peak of carbonator design. I have given away or shot with high powered rifles all of my Holleys and Motorcraft four bbls, and the Edlebrocks are next on the list.

 

[Truck Shop]

Quadrajet is the peak of

Q jets were a good carb--the trouble was too many cooks in the kitchen messing with something
beyond their limits. Carter's AFB was a good carb--farmed out to various builders through the years,
including PacCar.
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I changed the heads on that 383, it now has 1967 castings 915, one year only closed chamber.
which jumped calculated compression to 9.2 from 8.5 with better flow also.

 

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[Old Doug]

Q jets were a good carb--the trouble was too many cooks in the kitchen messing with something
beyond their limits. Carter's AFB was a good carb--farmed out to various builders through the years,
including PacCar.
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I changed the heads on that 383, it now has 1967 castings 915, one year only closed chamber.
which jumped calculated compression to 9.2 from 8.5 with better flow also.

I just got my 1985 chevy pickup running i switched engines in it. The Q-jet i think had been setting 2 years . I thought maybe it would be ok but yesterday i drove it 60 miles and it ran good then i came home shut it off for a hour or so started it to go to town got out of the drive it died . It restarted i backed it in the drive and drove something else . I guess i should take it apart and clean it?

 

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gaskets shrank, float is sinking.