Thread: Power Glide Questions.

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Is there any advantages with this transmision. I run a mud drag pickup with a th350. It seems a lot of drag racers use these power glides. I know they just have a low and high. Is there less power getting waisted or is it the weight of it.

I ran a supercomp altered with a powerglide. They can built bulletproof tough, they shift well, and respond quickly. With a light car, the right horsepower, a good trans brake and the right converter, they work great.

We ran a 355 injected small block on alcohol with an empty water jacket. Without tuning it, we ran 8.90s. After we got it tuned, we had trouble keeping it from breaking out, so we started running heads up nostalgia classes with a Fiat body instead of the T.

With 4.56 gears, we hit the traps at a little over 170, somewhere around 9000 - 9500 RPM. I think we had a 5000 RPM stall converter. No complaints about the glide. We could run low 8's all day long.

I never considered running one on the street, though. Not enough gears.

Dat's Purdy Jack