05 Jun 97 13:31, Hey Rocky! JACK SCHWENDENER pulled 396 outta his hat!:
 JS>
 RW> RW>>> That'd be the cat's meow...wonder how high that 455  would lift
 RW> RW>>> the rear end under power?
 JS>
 RW> JS>> I don't know about the back end, but it might pick the front end
 RW> JS>> up
 JS>
 RW>> I take it you don't remember the early Oldsmobiles on the drag
 RW>> strip. When t launched, the rear end lifted from the torque applied
 RW>> to the suspension..unl the leaf sprung cars that squated..
 JS>
 JS> Well, yeah, just about anything with an automatic would, but the Olds
 JS> had that Hydro with the 3.82 low (or whatever it was ... ) and could
 JS> really torque jack the rear end. But I'd be more interested in
 JS> picking up the front end ....
Well, it did torque the whole car...it lifted the frontend too..It's been 
many years but I think the reason was the geometry involved in the way the 
torque arms were connected from the frame to the rear end...
... Never, never try to milk a bull.
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