I don't think there was any significant use of automatic transmissions in
drag racing until the sixty's. at that time B &M Hydro was modifying the
early hydramatics and the 426 hemi dodge/plymouth started using automatics
quite a bit. Dragsters were still running direct drive/multi-disc clutches,
and spin the tires off the line, with NO tire growth.
Tom Warner
58 short fleetside
Jensen Beach FL
----- Original Message -----
From: <CLLLSLS@aol.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 11:49 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Hydra-matic Hop-Up parts available?
> Hey everyone,
>
> Just wondering if there were ever any retrofit kits made in the 40's or
50's
> to put a torque converter on the Hydra-matics? I've heard these Hydros
were
> beefed up and made better than bulletproof on the dragstrips back in their
> day, but I can't imagine these things performing with their torus member
type
> fluid coupling. Is there any way to get a power glide TC or even a later
> turbo hydro unit to fit? Can the stock torus unit be retrofitted with
torque
> converter guts?
>
> Who knows about this stuff? I'm 17 and it seams like there's a good chance
> anybody who was racing Hydro's in the late 40's is no longer around. Is
there
> anybody left out there that cares about this stuff? I think It'd be pretty
> cool to stick an old built 4-spd Hydra-matic behind my 375 horse 270
Jimmy! I
> figure it's got darn near the same characteristics as a 700R4!
>
> Dustin
> 50 & 53 GMC 1/2 tons
> 48 GMC 3/4 ton
>
>
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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