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Re: Daily drivers
These are all good points guys are bringng up. First you need to define "daily driver" and what that entails. I have used my '57 a couple of different times as a daily when I had nothing else to drive. It's been used both in midwest summers and winters but for local around town so the stock drivetrain did fine. The second time it got the SBC and still has the stock driveline and still did ok (note: all this is changing for next go around). But if your daily drive includes longer and faster routes with heavier traffic this is where I'd suggest modifications would be needed such as changed gearing (or rear end) to get RPM's down (=better fuel economy) and better brakes. It's one thing to putz around town up to 45 mph or so and it's entirely another thing to run 70+ out on the highway. The faster and safer you want to be is directionally proportional to what you will need to change/spend.
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