Guys,
The car I am asking about is destined to be mainly a street driven car. 80/20 street/strip.
It is a '74 Challenger with a fairly stoutly built 440 with E-Heads, comp cams hydraulic roller cam and should put out around 575hp/ftlbs.
It has an 8 3/4 (for now) with a 4.10 sg and 28" M/T ET street tires.
I'd like to see it run 11.99's.
It has no heat, no a/c, manual brakes, manual steering and is lightened some from stock.
I spoke to John at CRT and I am pretty certain that's where I'll get my tranny. He tried to help me but I think I was aggravating him with my stupid questions and indecisiveness. He advised me to go with a Reverse manual valve body for longevity and the fun factor, all his trannies are low-band apply, but he also strongly advised me to go with a billet drum.
I know that is sound advice but what I ended up spending on the motor has left me shorter $ wise than I expected no matter how much I don't want to chintz on the tranny.
I am not sure what power level the pro street reverse manual VB tranny is good to, but the pro race reverse manual VB tranny is good for 500-800hp according to John's website. Does anyone know the recommended power level for the pro street RMVB?
My question is is the billet drum worth the extra $$ to upgrade or am I wasting my time if I'm not also springing for hardened input and output shafts, hubs and pump gear sets etc also???
Please help I have to decide soon.
Thanks in advance.
Elmo
