[SEL] OT R-10 Borg Warner overdrive.

[Elden DuRand]

Bruce:

I could wind my 239 tight enough to get into O/D without the switch but the rule was to start off and stay in low gear.  I figured that shifting into O/D on the fly would have been dirty pool, nyuk, nyuk!

Take care - Elden
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> -----Original Message-----
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>  Behalf Of Bruce
> Younger
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 11:32 AM
> To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
> Subject: Re: [SEL] OT R-10 Borg Warner overdrive.
> 
> 
> 
>  “There were more than a couple of '55 (283) 
> Chevy drivers that were embarrassed to be 
> outclassed by a measly 239 Ford.  That thing 
> would do almost 60 in low gear!  :-)”
> 
>  Ayup.  I had a 239 Ford (’54 ragtop) and a ’59 Rambler
> Classic.  Had to put the switch in the
> Ford; the Rambler would cheerfully wind far 
> enough to engage the OD in
> first.  The Y-block, due to its very
> limited breathing, was far less fragile than the 
> Chebbie.  Same deal with the nail head Buick; the tiny
> valves limited engine speed before it could hurt itself
> 
> Bruce Younger   
> 
> 05G HHC 313 RR Bn 3/67-4/68   
> 
> Madison, SD  
> 
> sluggo54 at hotmail.com   
> 
> 
> 
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> for anything else thereafter."   
> 
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