Re: IML: 'overdrive' details

["Embe Kugler" <ekugler@xxxxxxx>]

I am not familiar with this particular application, but I have dealt with 
other similar devices.  In tow cases, the attempt was actually for gear 
reduction and the other was a manual overdrive.  The gear reduction devices 
were in my Honda Trail 90 and VW transporter gear reduction kits I used on a 
VW Baja Kit.  The Trail 90 was a full 100% reduction and the VW took it from 
4:11 to 6:11 ratio.  The manual overdrive was in a 51 Hudson which I wish I 
still owned.  The Hudson was a three speed stick shift, and like the Honda 
Trail 90 you had another gear for each of the three making the Hudson a six 
speed.  The Hudson was nearly as large as my 68 Crown and managed 24 mph 
while using all three overdrive gears.
Best of luck with the endeavor,
Embe


> From: Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: IML: 'overdrive' details
> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:31:59 -0700 (PDT)
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> 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).
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> You asked a good question: do we have any members with
> one on their car?  What do you think now that you're
> there?
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> -K
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> --- 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
> >
> > ---- 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Kenyon Wills
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