Glide to ford 208 adapter.

I noticed the Advance Adapters unit says its to be used with GM cases. Will it work for the ford case? Are there any other options?

How heavy is your truck?

3960 plus 170 for me. That's with the bench seat and everything else it cam off the line with. I can remove 200-300 and still fit my class rules.

In my humble opinion, a glide has no place in a truck weighing that much. Take your c6 and set it up per Frank Merkl's specs and I can promise you that there is nothing you can throw at it that it won't handle! Get that truck down in the 25-2800lb range (with my 250lb butt in tis!) like mine and then maybe, but I'll keep my c-6

As for the advance adapters piece, it will work with some minor masaging to put a driver side drop case on.

I don't have any problems with a c6 except for the weight and the extra gear. I don't think I could ever break it though. I'm under the impression more power gets to the ground through a PG vrs. a C6. If I could find a valve body to allow me to use a trans brake in second, I would probably go that route. When I have a glide built it's going to be with good parts inside and maybe an aftermarket case. What kind of problems are people having with a PG in a 4k pound truck? I'm glad to hear the adapter will work.

IMHO you are better to stick with the c6. you will not see any noticeable performance advantage with a glide

I'm leaving in second now and going to 3rd in 10-15'. It leaves good foot braking to about 2400-2500. I'd like to leave higher though. You can't buy a faster gear than what I'm running up front. My only other option is going to the high side and gearing to run 1-2. I'd hate to spend the money on a glide just to run the same times. The only thing I have to go by is all the race winning trucks I routinely see are running glides.

I will find out more information for you.

I appreciate everyone's help. I'm rocking this c6 for atleast the rest of this season. I'm just trying to get my ducks in a row for next season. I know my competition has some changes in the works.

A glide will slow you down.

You mean ratio wise or? Please elaborate. Im all ears.

Anything over 3000lbs and a glide just doesn't perform. I'll put my 5000lb, C-6 equipped truck up against ANY 4000lb truck with a glide. Any drag racer worth his salt will tell you the same thing about a glide.

crittersf1 wrote:A glide will slow you down.

How will it slow him down if he is already leaving in 2nd with the c6?

In my opinion if your running the gears I am pretty sure your are and still taking off in second then in is time to go to a 205 tranfer case(1.98 to 1) and get rid of the 208 (2.69 to 1 I believe). also if your still spinning that bad then there is more suspension work to be done on the truck.

Its leaving good in second, bites pretty hard. And I'm pleased with the rpm and speed of third. I'm thinking if I could leave on the brake it would pick up a few tenths. With the 205 I could turn it another 500 rpm and have about the same tire speed. And leave on the brake. That doesn't sound like a bad idea.