1954 powerglide differences?

[Edward M.]

What are the differences in the 1954 powerglide between a corvette and a passenger car. Different tail housing, etc?

[Wayne P.]

Re: 1954 powerglide differences?

Tailhousing, output shaft, torque convertor,although the passenger car convertor should work. Maybe Roy will add more.

[Mike M.]

Re: 1954 powerglide differences?

What are the differences in the 1954 powerglide between a corvette and a passenger car. Different tail housing, etc?

the 54(and back) chevy pass cars ustilized a torque tube tranny/rear end assembly, hence the tailshaft and tailstock wil;l differ from the 54 vettes open drive system.mike

[Edward M.]

Re: 1954 powerglide differences?

Is the 54 tail housing unique? Will a later year tail housing work? Is this tail housing unique to a 54 Corvette?

[Roy B.]

Re: 1954 powerglide differences?

Tail housing, output shaft, torque convertor ,side linkage,no cooling lines and the drive shaft will not work using a car PG.
You can use a car PG installed but you need to make up a different drive shaft , block off the cooler lines ,modifying the indicator linkage and buy a safety switch .

[Edward M.]

Re: 1954 powerglide differences?

OK, I'm dense, so humor me, and tell me what about the following is incorrect:

1. 1963-1955 Corvette powerglides are the same, and will interchange.
2. 1955 and up passenger car cast iron powerglides are different (longer)
than 53-55 Corvette powerglides.
3. 1955 and up passenger car cast iron powerglides can be used in a 53-
55 Corvette, buth the driveshaft would have to be shortened.

Where did I go wrong?

[Bob R.]

Re: 1954 powerglide differences?

I'm not up on C1 corvettes but the 63 powerglide is different from all other years. Different tail shaft and of course it's an aluminum case and external cooling.

[Roy B.]

Re: 1954 powerglide differences?

OK, I'm dense, so humor me, and tell me what about the following is incorrect:

1. 1963-1955 Corvette powerglides are the same, and will interchange.NO
2. 1955 and up passenger car cast iron powerglides are different (longer)NO ALL
than 53-55 Corvette powerglides.Not talking a V8 engine
3. 1955 and up passenger car cast iron powerglides can be used in a 53-Some years and early too
55 Corvette, buth the driveshaft would have to be shortened. 53-54 the drive shaft needs to be redone
Where did I go wrong?

All cast iron PG's weather a 6 or 8 cylinder all can be different like a , Car-Truck- station wagon and so on .Some have a vacuum line while others don't ,some have long tail housing while others don't and so on.If your doing a 53 to 54 (6) you surely need to modifie the drive shaft if it's not the original PG. Same for an (8) depending on what year CAR you use .
In other words if your not using a Corvette PG the drive shaft needs work, and the rear mount also.Yes a car PG will work after some modifications 6 or 8.

[Jim L.]

Re: 1954 powerglide differences?

I'm not up on C1 corvettes but the 63 powerglide is different from all other years. Different tail shaft and of course it's an aluminum case and external cooling.

Early '63 Powerglides did not have an external oil cooler (or more correctly, they had no oil cooler).

Because there was no cooler, the radiator support for the early PG cars had no hole for the cooler tubing and the radiator shroud did not have a clearance notch for the tubing.

Jim