rear end ideas

got a 61 galaxie cruise-o-matic with a 352, stock 3.00:1 rear end and it sucks. what do you guys think i should run

 

3.00 is good for gas mileage
what are you complaining about?

 

3.55:1 will pep it up

 

Get ahold of Malcome, he played with gears in his 62 with two differnt drive trains.

 

3.55 sounds good to me

 

nothin like a 3.00, savin gas and takin off like a school bus. lame

 

keep the rear loose that C-O-M....an AOD would be nice

 

3.73 and an AOD

 

does any one know where to get a cheep transmission adapter, ex, fe to sbc or fe to diffrent ford tranny?

 

will an AOD bolt up to my FE 352?

 

No, not without some sort of adapter........maybe somebody makes one, but I've not yet seen one. It would likely be easier to get an adapter to a GM automatic but don't expect it to be cheap. Either Wilcap in California or Bendtsen's in Minnesota would have them if they are available.

 

Bendtsen's makes an FE to AOD / C4 adaptor. $850 if memory serves me right. Not Cheap!

 

what about a c6

 

C6 is not an OD. What you want is lower gears like 3.73, 4.11 which will give you the acceleration improvement; combined with an OD trans, so you can still cruise the freeway without such high rpms.

 

run shorter tire

 

These are all good suggestions. From experience don't run much over 3.5 ratio if you aren't going overdrive if the car is a cruiser.

 

I tried the search button for "rear ends" but this is all I found.
(Guess I just made an ass out of myself again.)

 

i think i go with the 3.55 and keep the cruise-o.