Hemi to be replaced by inline six?

Grit dog wrote:

MFL wrote:
JR wrote: "Sounds like driver issue to me."

Think you're right! Fish probably didn't know, that you needed to let the clutch all the way out?? Had a Great Uncle with same issue. He'd rev the engine so hard while barely letting the clutch out, (he could not hear) that it was said the fan was pulling the car forward.

Jerry

Yeah......no.
Even with a deeper first gear than an auto, or comparing 5 speed trucks with a 4.9 or 5.0, the 4.9 was a clutch eatin mofo if you had to use it to start a load up a hill.
I smoked the original clutch in that 4.9 5 speed in pretty short order and the next one would still have to get slipped more than it should to get enough rpms out of the 4.9 to pull a trailer up a hill from a dig.

I'm good with a stick... My first car was a 1970 Chevelle Cowl Induction 454 torque monster 4 speed. :B

That particular ramp was pretty steep and while the boat was trailered still in the water my uncle was literally gunning the boat in drive trying to help push that Ford to get going and that's when I would lock to clutch and it would just kill the engine.

Trust me there was some pride swallowing to have that 305 Chevy come to the rescue. We visited that location once, but never went back.