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overdrive idea for aluminum torqueflight
- From: charles major <charlesdmajor@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:27:54 -0800 (PST)
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Might be old news to you guys or maybe you are new.
http://www.gearvendors.com/
--- Frederick Joslin <fljoslin@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Very interesting/
> They claim a 30-40% increase in highway gas mileage
> going to the
> overdrive transmission from a regular 3-speed.That
> seems high to me! You
> are still moving the same mass with the same air
> resistance. Only the
> engine is turning a little slower due to lower final
> drive ratio and
> lock-up converter. Does anyone have a feel for how
> much the non-lock up
> torque converters are slipping when going down the
> highway under normal
> driving conditions at 70 mph?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenyon Wills"
> To: IML
> Subject: IML: overdrive idea for aluminum
> torqueflight
> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:34:54 -0800 (PST)
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> I'm not going to try this myself, but here's an
> idea
> on getting overdrive into a 727 transmission:
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http://www.transmissioncenter.net/SwapInformation.htm
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> Kenyon Wills
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