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beaumontguru


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anyone have the specs for the rearend ratio for 1962 pontiac 6cyl/Powerglide?

Is it 3:36,  3:55, or 3:08????????

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My Canadian reference book says both 3.36 and 3.08 for automatic cars, but does not distinguish between 6 and V8.

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3.36 in almost every 64 I've stripped....

I stopped pullin pumpkins unless I come across something higher....

I have a 3.08 posi here? that is an odd one?

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rabbit64cs wrote:

I have a 3.08 posi here? that is an odd one?

 Is that out of a '64 Roger? What's an easy way of telling what gears are in my posi?



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Pontiacanada wrote:
rabbit64cs wrote:

I have a 3.08 posi here? that is an odd one?

 Is that out of a '64 Roger? What's an easy way of telling what gears are in my posi?

 Is it in the car or on the bench?



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Carl Stevenson wrote:
Pontiacanada wrote:
rabbit64cs wrote:

I have a 3.08 posi here? that is an odd one?

 Is that out of a '64 Roger? What's an easy way of telling what gears are in my posi?

 Is it in the car or on the bench?

 Hi Carl ... in the car.

I take it, there isn't a easy way when it's under the car.



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Jack it up, both wheels off the ground.

Rotate the wheels so one of them has the valve stem at a known spot (let's say the bottom)

Put a mark on the driveshaft at a known spot.

Roate the tire exactly one revolution and count the number of revolutions on the shaft.

A 3.08 ratio will rotate the driveshaft 3.08 turns for every one turn of the tire and so on...

This only works IF you have a posi.

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and if you have a peg leg, jack only 1 wheel and rotate the wheel exactly twice. count the drive shaft revs,, adn whaaalah!! your ratio .

my 3.08 is in the shed, it actually came out of my 57 Pontiac , posi let go, and I installed a 3.73 peg leg that I had. kept the posi for now...

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Thanks!



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