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Title: 350 Turbo/powerglide
Post by: larue on March 03, 2009, 12:12:42 PM: Do you guys think the powerglide is worth the 50lb weight penalty??
Title: Re: 350 Turbo/powerglide
Post by: longstreet on March 03, 2009, 01:48:55 PM: yes especially if one can get an aircooled one with the smaller converter
Title: Re: 350 Turbo/powerglide
Post by: Thunder6 on March 04, 2009, 12:03:31 AM: No weight penalty at Barrie ;D
Title: Re: 350 Turbo/powerglide
Post by: larue on March 05, 2009, 10:37:10 PM: Quote from: longstreet on March 03, 2009, 01:48:55 PM
yes especially if one can get an aircooled one with the smaller converter
Are they ones,out of Vega's??
Title: Re: 350 Turbo/powerglide
Post by: longstreet on March 06, 2009, 08:32:47 AM: Quote from: larue on March 05, 2009, 10:37:10 PM
Quote from: longstreet on March 03, 2009, 01:48:55 PM
yes especially if one can get an aircooled one with the smaller converter
Are they ones,out of Vega's??
i beleive so and also chev II i think
Title: Re: 350 Turbo/powerglide
Post by: larue on March 09, 2009, 10:10:10 PM: T.c.i. make great trans,just very expensive!!
Title: Re: 350 Turbo/powerglide
Post by: Team 33 on May 31, 2009, 09:07:43 AM: I have two for sale a TCI & Coleman ......519-615-2674
Title: Re: 350 Turbo/powerglide
Post by: larue on August 24, 2009, 09:49:14 PM: What seems to be the weak link with the slip slide powerglide?Seems like alot of guys who run this 40 year old trans,have failures....Are you running them in 1st,or 2nd?
Title: Re: 350 Turbo/powerglide
Post by: ernie on August 25, 2009, 04:58:10 PM: Are these transmissions what we used to call a "Mexican Two Speed"? I know a lot of guys swore by them years ago.
Title: Re: 350 Turbo/powerglide
Post by: Thunder6 on September 22, 2009, 02:29:23 AM: Quote from: larue on August 24, 2009, 09:49:14 PM
What seems to be the weak link with the slip slide powerglide?Seems like alot of guys who run this 40 year old trans,have failures....Are you running them in 1st,or 2nd?

The casting is thin right at the back of the case where all the reverse stuff is. We had one that was fine in park and all the forward gears but if you put in reverse it would puke its guts out.
Title: Re: 350 Turbo/powerglide
Post by: Thunder6 on September 22, 2009, 01:52:48 PM: I think Larry's question was about the weakest area of the transmission. I tried to answer that to the best of my ability, from my experience with those units. We have had a few failures...

I don't think anyone should put a 40 year old transmission in a race car without having a look to see what's in there, but that's just me... Maybe some people might...
Title: Re: 350 Turbo/powerglide
Post by: Racing Habits on January 31, 2010, 04:36:57 PM: Quote from: larue on March 05, 2009, 10:37:10 PM
Quote from: longstreet on March 03, 2009, 01:48:55 PM
yes especially if one can get an aircooled one with the smaller converter
Are they ones,out of Vega's??
A little help with Powerglides http://books.google.com/books?id=SOIYFkfXdocC&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=powerglide+band+shifting&source=web&ots=8F-uaZ7pZt&sig=9AXhvoSQo_Eu3XE424kIfQCyPrI#v=onepage&q=powerglide%20band%20shifting&f=false (http://books.google.com/books?id=SOIYFkfXdocC&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=powerglide+band+shifting&source=web&ots=8F-uaZ7pZt&sig=9AXhvoSQo_Eu3XE424kIfQCyPrI#v=onepage&q=powerglide%20band%20shifting&f=false)
Title: Re: 350 Turbo/powerglide
Post by: jworacing on November 07, 2010, 07:27:39 AM: The powerglide reverse issue comes from the pressure being to high when shifted into reverse. I was told like of the car was stuck and it was shifted into reverse at high RPM. Of all the glides I messed with only one was blown like this. The thing to do is to keep the band adjusted properly if using it in first gear. It's easy to do and doesn,t take long