Glide

[ChevyBoy89]

Any of you guys ever went from a three speed to a glide? how much did it pick up on te et? and did you change the rearend gears?

[85ss]

I changed from a th350 to a glide with my old motor...
Changed nothing else...
Same gears, tires, torque converter, everything... (glide has turbo input shaft)
Changed it during the week and back out the next weekend...
I picked up .17 first pass... (same stage and shift rpm as turbo)
Altered my shift points and launch and ended up with a .31 gain total...
Then after a gear change and some suspension tuning I picked up another 2 tenths...

[ChevyBoy89]

dang, so you basiclly picked up a half second?

[ChevyBoy89]

what gear did you have and what gear did you go to if you dontmind me askin?

[85ss]

dang, so you basiclly picked up a half second?

Pretty much...

what gear did you have and what gear did you go to if you dontmind me askin?

Had 5.43, went down to 4.88...
I actually changed the gear to go run a Pinks Allout (1/4 mile)...
Ended up being faster in the 1/8 with the 1/4 gear... ?
I'm now back to the 5.43 with my new motor... (bigger)

[bgblock427]

went from a TH350 to a glide. dont know if I picked up or not. truck just became more consistant.

[ChevyBoy89]

Pretty much...



Had 5.43, went down to 4.88...
I actually changed the gear to go run a Pinks Allout (1/4 mile)...
Ended up being faster in the 1/8 with the 1/4 gear... ?
I'm now back to the 5.43 with my new motor... (bigger)

gotcha. i was just wondering because im runnin 3.73s now and i was tryin to see if need to go to 4.10s.

[ChevyBoy89]

and isent me converter off to tci and they just built me a new one because they said that one was junk and they scrapped it. so im hopin it will pick up some from that as well

[1fast10]

I didn't make a full pass but picked up 4 mph.went from 118 to 124.also with a converter change

[AlteredRacer]

I've always ran a glide, durable and consistant. You can make a th350 very durable but pull some money outta your pockets

[spib]

I went from a 350 to a glide but also changed motors at same time as far as bracket racing goes I love a glide, dont ever care to go back its nice to shift only once

[deimos]

You could also look into a griner 1 + 2

[sicksilverado]

Have any of you driven a glide on the street? I'm planning to throw a glide in my truck. It's a nitrous combo thats mostly gonna race on an unprepped surface, so I figured the glide would allow me to leave good. It'll probably see at the most 5 miles of driving(small town).

[spib]

Have any of you driven a glide on the street? I'm planning to throw a glide in my truck. It's a nitrous combo thats mostly gonna race on an unprepped surface, so I figured the glide would allow me to leave good. It'll probably see at the most 5 miles of driving(small town).
put it down in first and run the hell out of it
also smile a lot:):rock::rock::rock::rock::rock::rock::rock: