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Just a bit of info, my 66SS is a non a/c, 4 speed with 3.07 gears, I guess you could get anything you wanted for no rhyme or reason. Rocky Hill --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle > Mailing List > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > In a message dated 11/25/2001 1:09:53 AM Eastern > Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > dale: > > i was baffled when the 3.70 gears showed up. i > had always seen 3.73 > listed > > and to be quite frank had never seen 3.70 or 3.07 > listed before. oh well > > another of gm's great mysterys.there isn't a day > goes by that i don't > learn > > something new about CHEVELLES. i also noticed the > list for 1967s on team > > chevelle didn't have the 2.73 ratio listed. i > wonder why there were so > many > > ratios so close? > > > > > Larry > > > > Probably to get just the 'right' total torque > multiplication ratio given the > particular equipment used with the vehicle. Total > torque ratio = rear end > ratio * tranny ratio. But as you said Larry, it is > hard to believe that in > this case that the .03 difference (3.73 to 3.70) > would make much of a > difference. Check out the packet from the GM > customer info center. There is > some good info under Power Team Combinations with a > matrix of engine, tranny, > induction equipment and axle ratio. The chart is a > little ambiguous, and > lists an overdrive application (what overdrive???), > but clearly shows the > 3.73 ratio used for Chevelle SS applications. For > the 66 model year, it > shows the 3.70 gears only being used in small block > applications. The chart > also shows the 3.73's were standard on the L34 > (360HP) w/ M35 (powerglide) > cars, while A/C cars got the 3.07 ratio. Most of > the 66 SS's that I have > seen around here had the 3.73's in them, all though > a couple had the 4.10's. > BTW, all that I looked at were non A/C cars. I > would bet very similar > Powertrain combos were available for the 67 model > year. > > --------------------- > Kurt Ehrhardt > ACES #1280 > 66 Malibu > 66 SuperSport > Enfield, CT > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit > www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
