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Subject:Re: taller 4th gears
From:Mark Dorm
Date:Mon, 24 Jul 2000 02:08:43 PDT

What about overdrive in an automatic???

>I have put in quite a few .77 4th gear sets during rebuilds and have yet
>to have a customer say anything but  "cool, I like it".
>Even here in the Pac NW where we have a hill or two, the jump from 3rd to
>4th is tolerable and if you are gonna go up a mountain pass, you are
>going to be in 3rd anyway. Even a 2WD Westy complete with mega lotsa
>stuff stored everywhere has no problem pulling the minor hills. The 500
>RPM drop on the highway far outshadows the occasional need to downshift.
>Daryl of AA Transaxle
>Duvall, WA.(Seattle area)
>(425) 788-4070
>1-877-377-0773 toll free
>http://www.aatransaxle.com (web site)

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