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[Deuce, is that the old style switch-pitch?Don't they hit pretty hard on a launch?Even at half throttle?]

Deuce, is that the old style switch-pitch?
Don't they hit pretty hard on a launch?
Even at half throttle?

That is the beauty of the Switch/Pitch ... you have two different stall levels to choose from. My 32 is very tractable ... unless I want to flare the converter ... but I do not have the torque that your big Buick has.

I have mine set up on a toggle switch. I run it in high stall most of the time ... with no problems. What I really like is the fact that when I pull it down into gear ... there is no clunk. It is loose enough to not bang the car and when sitting at a traffic signal ... it just sits there. NO dragging the roadster thru the intersection like with some cars.

When I head out on the open road, I just flip the switch ...

[He has about a half a dozen employees and ships nationwide. He must be doing something right]

there  is no difference in fit from Chevy to Buick on torque convertors.

Mostly true ... if you discount the Switch/Pitch converters.

We have a guy here who runs a Torque Converter Service and he can cut a converter and make it to use with your own combination. He needs to know the weight, the size engine and gear ratio. Then you tell him what you what it to do ...

He has about a half a dozen employees and ships nationwide. He must be doing something right  

Lots of fellows around here use him ...
I had him cut a converter for my 32 roadster with the Switch/Pitch and also one for the 1932 3W with the 700R4 ...

BOTH work great ...  

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This is NOT a answer
But a suggestion.

Find yourself a early Buick Turbo 400 with the Switch/Pitch option. I like the 65 and 66 ones ... I have a Buick Switch Pitch in my Chevrolet Turbo 400. It gives you two different stall speeds ... at the flip of a switch. A higher stall ... for sitting at the stop light ... so it does not drag you thru the intersection ... and a lower stall speed for the highway. I have mine hooked up on a toggle switch but Buick had them setup up off the brake light switch.

WORKS GREAT  

[Go here for the video ...]

I too have done it both ways ...
At first I used a Vega wiring harness ... but then when kits became available ... I tried a few different ones. I just did a American AutoWire 15 ... in my 32 3W coupe.



Go here for the video ... http://www.americanautowire.com/

About 3 hundred but it has about everything you need and GOOD instructions ...  

On my bottom hose, as it goes to the Walker radiator ... I did buy a rubber sleeve ... that Gates makes to have a better fit. I do not have the number ... but my parts guy at Car Quest had it in stock. The sleeve is just long enough to slip over the outlet and cover it.

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Is the 20225 the lower hose?

Yes ...  

Your hoses LOOK a lot like mine ... I use a Gates #20225 and a Gates #20046. I do have to trim them down for length.

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LOOK and see if your 57 block has the starter bolt holes already drilled and tapped.



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Also remember that some of the early SBC require a flat milled in the rear of the camshaft ... when rebuilding ... I believe the 57's did

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I like to use a side mount on SBC's  

I understand the the front motor mount is more traditional ... but it also gets in the way of a mechanical fuel pump most of the time. It also makes changing camshafts, timing chain covers and such more difficult.

I would go the extra mile and mount the SBC and the T-5 like General Motors would have ... if both were available at the same time. Side mounts on the SBC and a factory style mount under the T-5.

Another POSSIBLE factor for use of the 58 block is the starter mount. Some early blocks do not have the holes drilled in the block to mount a starter on it ... because the bell housing was used by the factory. My 58 block did have the starter bolt holes ... to use a block mount starter.

A lot of parallels have been drawn between John F Kennedy and the President elect ... I wonder if he will make his 4 years in office or if in another 40 or so years someone else will ask the question ... where were you when Obama was shot ?

I filled up this morning @ $1.72 a gallon for regular. Came home ... got the 32 Roadster out and went back and put $1.95 a gallon preminum in it.  

We all know it will go back up ...  

[But my younger brother learned from my actions. He got a 1966 GTO ( first car ) in 1972. Nice original one owner GTO. It had A/C also ( a good thing to have in the Hot, Humid South Carolina low country ). He installed the rims/tires shown in the photo but basically just washed, waxed and did maintenance on the GTO.]

Not me ... I tore up too much stuff  
I rolled my first car.

But my younger brother learned from my actions. He got a 1966 GTO ( first car ) in 1972. Nice original one owner GTO. It had A/C also ( a good thing to have in the Hot, Humid South Carolina low country ). He installed the rims/tires shown in the photo but basically just washed, waxed and did maintenance on the GTO.

As time when on and his finances improved he bought other cars ... for everyday drivers but kept the GTO. Finally the transmission died and he parked the GTO ... to restore it to it's former glory.

But life has a way of changing your plans. Marriage, children, divorce and career changes all came along and delayed the restoration. The GTO sat in my fathers building for many, many years. My brother and I recently moved the GTO closer to my brothers house where he still has plans to restore it. Now with the other delays out of the way and a new house just finished ... he spoke with a restoration shop recently and got a estimate on the restoration. The shop is booked full now ... and with the economy looking like it does ... the GTO is waiting patiently to be redone ... But he still has the GTO ... 36 years later

I have a Bronco rear end under my 32 Roadster. I have a short ( 27 inch long ) driveshaft. I did offset the engine about 3/4 of a inch to the right side ... but that was for steering clearance ... not trying to correct the pinion offset.

I have over 50 thousand trouble free miles on the rear end U-joints ... but I did start with NEW U-joints.

[Q U I C K]

It should be Q U I C K   when finished  

Neat car ... I had a red 57 2 door hardtop years ago but nothing like the one you show

Thanks for posting .

Lee, they didn't get those numbers last year. Of course it was the first year for the new stuff.

I believe that for every NEW STUFF vehicle they gain ... one pre 49 stays home. Or that is the way it is at the Shades of the Past event.

I think all the folks looking at the Skanky junk rod are wondering how it got there all in one piece. Sort of like all the folks slowing down on the highway to look at the wreck   after the accident.