Re: IML: 'overdrive' details

[Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't have one but the reading is very detailed on
the gearvendors website.  The main place that I see a
benefit is in gas mileage and top-end speed (if that's
of value to the prospective purchaser).

You asked a good question: do we have any members with
one on their car?  What do you think now that you're
there?


-K


--- dansgarage@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hi All...just curious about the 'details' side of
> adding a 'overdrive' unit to my IMperial (1966),
> what's the approx. total cost, I assume it also
> needs a shortened drive-shaft, and from those
> IML'res that have installed and are using one, what
> type of gas-mileage difference as well as any
> difference in acceleration have you noticed (if
> any!) ?????
> thanks all!
> Dan Melnik
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> ---- Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > 2. Overdrive
> > Is anyone using an overdrive unit?  If so, what is
> > the reliability of it?  
> > The Gear Vendors gearbox sounds almost too good to
> > be true.  Can it handle a 
> > 3 ton car under(brisk) acceleration?  Does it hang
> > down too far?
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> It's less about the weight of the car than it is the
> stress placed on the driveline.  I didn't go revisit
> their website, but I recall them saying that they
> were
> rated to 1200 horsepower or some such stratospheric
> number.  If they can handle a hotted-up camaro doing
> launches, your dinosaur should not prove a problem. 
> They are trying to make this thing work on as wide a
> spectrum as possible.
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> Richard Palme has one in a car that he showed me. 
> Works great, and turns your 3-speed into a 6-speed
> with an under-dash auto/manual shift option.
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> Expect to use a mallet or sledge to pound the
> transmission tunnel out.  Therefore, you'll want to
> be
> installing it someplace other than a gravel lot, and
> perhaps where you have access to a car lift?  Doing
> that on jackstands could be precarious.  Get a can
> od
> spray undercoating to seal things up after the
> pounding  is done but before final fitment would be
> a
> good idea.  
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> I plan to put one into a 72/73 coupe behind a HP
> motor
> if/when I find one (please keep your eyes open for
> one, folks).  Gear Vendors seems to be THE option
> and
> they are Torque-Flight friendly.
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