too heavy for a glide?
As a "racing" transmission builder I hear this question "all" the time.
Is X# too heavy for a "Glide"?
Please think about this for one second, what did the "Glide" come in from the factory?
General motors engineer's designed the powerglide to work in their vehicles (big heavy Impala's etc.), and for the most part those cars were heavy then as they are now.
Racing or not the transmission does not know the difference.
Bottom line is this the powerglide is a very lethal part of any drivetrain that operates in drag racing...
Your biggest advatage would be build the engine to produce a whole lot of torque and put the right parts in your powerglide, shift from low to high and win races....
"Doctor Speed"
p.s. you can see my ads at MIR, and Capitol raceway both tracks are in Maryland, hope this info was helpful thank you...