My idea of the perfect set-up....

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Posted by 6sally6
12/20/2024 4:48 PM 		#1

425-450 HP.... 150 Nitrous shot....top loader 4 speed...dual disc clutch...narrowed trac-loc with 3.00:1 gears
Couple of Big Fat Mickeys on the back..as close to bullet-proof as there is....RIGHT!?

Get busy Liv'in or get busy Die'n....Host of the 2020 Bash at the Beach/The only Bash that got cancelled  )8
 
Posted by Ron68
12/20/2024 6:45 PM 		#2

5000 rpm clutch dump with the emergency brake set again?

68 coupe - 351W, 4R70W, 9" 3.25 -- 65 convertible - 289 4v, C4, 8" 3.00
 
Posted by 50vert
12/20/2024 8:28 PM 		#3

I once had an old Dodge dually truck with a slant 6 that looked like that after lending it to a "friend" to move a caravan. Got a call saying it was on the side of a highway, and she didn't know what had happened.Found out from her son, that it didn't like having the gearbox mounted handbrake pulled on at 60.
 

"Those telephone poles were like a picket fence"
 
Posted by MS
12/20/2024 11:08 PM 		#4

Only as good as the weakest link

Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
 
Posted by BobE
12/21/2024 6:40 AM 		#5

Ouch! 
Interesting that the driveshaft looks 'new', compared to the undercarriage. 

65 Fastback, 351W, 5-speed, 4 wheel discs, 9" rear,  R&C Front End.
 
Posted by TKOPerformance
12/21/2024 7:36 AM 		#6

MS wrote:

Only as good as the weakest link

Which everyone who knows anything would tell you should be the clutch.  This is what happens when you ignore the advice of folks who know better than you. 

 
Posted by TKOPerformance
12/21/2024 7:38 AM 		#7

6sally6 wrote:

425-450 HP.... 150 Nitrous shot....top loader 4 speed...dual disc clutch...narrowed trac-loc with 3.00:1 gears
Couple of Big Fat Mickeys on the back..as close to bullet-proof as there is....RIGHT!?

Seems a lot more like: Diesel dually with locked up rear some moron swapped a new driveshaft into and quickly discovered that the original drivehsaft being mangled wasn't due to anything having been wrong with the driveshaft. 

"It won't move!"

"The brakes are just stuck, floor it!"
 

 
Posted by MS
12/21/2024 9:38 AM 		#8

Maybe the solution to my traction issue is to install dually rear tires on my 66!

Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
 
Posted by rpm
12/21/2024 10:11 AM 		#9

MS wrote:

Maybe the solution to my traction issue is to install dually rear tires on my 66!

 
Or install a Detroit Locker to eliminate one wheel peel. With your open headers you'll never hear the DL.

Bob. 69 Mach 1, 393W, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC.
 
Posted by TKOPerformance
12/21/2024 12:50 PM 		#10

rpm wrote:

MS wrote:

Maybe the solution to my traction issue is to install dually rear tires on my 66!

 
Or install a Detroit Locker to eliminate one wheel peel. With your open headers you'll never hear the DL.

Probably still feel it though
 

 
Posted by RTM
12/21/2024 6:40 PM 		#11

Had a 79 Bronco with 40" tires.  Dumped the clutch and twisted the driveshaft in two.  Welded a new one up on the shop floor.

 


 
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