Re: Daily Driver Tips
If you plan on driving it easy go with a 3.07 rearend. I just had mine swapped from 3.73 to 3.07 and it's much better for cruising. Don't worry about losing bottom end torque because the 4 speed is geared so low that 1st and 2nd gear still have plenty of get up and go. I can still break the tires loose in 2nd.
As far as cooling, I run a two core Champion aluminum radiator and it runs nice and cool all the time. right around 180 in traffic or on the highway. Like mentioned above, get a quality steel clutch fan and proper shroud.
This is all in a 72 LWB with a 350 and 4 speed trans. manual steering and manual brakes, no AC.
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