Hi David On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:20:37 -0800, David Whitney <david.whitney@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > With stock 440, 2.76 highway gears and stock torqueflite you can do 143 at > a hair over 5000rpm -- formula is approx 28mph per 1000rpm. Not entirely > outside the realm of possibility. There's a guy in Maine who put a > Gearvendors overdrive behind his 440/727 combo, and he claims to do 190 in > a 1966 Chrysler 300 -- close enough to an Imperial for me. Granted he did > a few other things -- extra leaf springs, thicker sway bar and torsion bar, > etc, but still. What he did not do is weight reduction. My car has had some extensive work done to lower it a couple of inches, and stiffen the suspension. It steers effortlessly at 100 MPH on the freeway with one finger. > A properly built 440 at 6200rpm, 3.55 gears and an O/D unit behind the > transmission will move a 5000 lb. Imperial at about 200mph. Just gotta > find the right tires. I have always wanted to do that. Maybe I'll get my friend to rebuild my 440 again with a different cam shaft, and some other things. Next summer could be really fun. -Hailey ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm