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echo: oldcars
to: ROY WITT
from: JACK SCHWENDENER
date: 1997-06-05 13:31:00
subject: 396

RW> RW>> That'd be the cat's meow...wonder how high that 455  would lift the
RW> RW>> rear end under power?
RW> JS> I don't know about the back end, but it might pick the front end up
RW>I take it you don't remember the early Oldsmobiles on the drag strip. When 
t
RW>launched, the rear end lifted from the torque applied to the 
suspension..unl
RW>the leaf sprung cars that squated..
Well, yeah, just about anything with an automatic would, but the Olds
had that Hydro with the 3.82 low (or whatever it was ... ) and could
really torque jack the rear end. But I'd be more interested in picking
up the front end ....    ;-)
Jackson
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