Re: What about the 25K 105mph V8 Patrician?

Posted by PackardV8 On 2011/4/9 7:37:46

Very good analysis Rusty.

One piece of criteria used i do not understand:
"This is assuming stock size 8.00 15 tires, 31" diameter and stock 3.54 rear axle ratio."

My 55/56 factory parts cataloug lists "std" rear axle ratios up thru 5560 only. There is no "std" ratio listed for 5580. ONLY "opt" ratios for 5580. The cataloug has 3hree such pages with revison dates from Nov 55 thru april 56.

So i'm not sure how u arrived at 3.54 as a "stock" rear axle ratio.

Even if there is authoritative documentation of the test and/or my parts cataloug is in error i find it nearly impossible to believe that such a short axle ratio would have been used (stock Standard or otherwise) for such a test with the speeds in excess of 100mph and track specifications/environment conditions as stated in the test articles.