[SEL] OT R-10 Borg Warner overdrive...note of warningregardinglubrication

[Elden DuRand]

Ron:

I guess my buddy's '54 Hornet had the 7X because as far as I know, it came from the factory with the options.

Didn't Cadillac also have the "center line" system for a year or two around '50?

Take care - Elden
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>  
> Hi Elden,
> My 51 had the 308 CI six.  It didn't have the  
> dual carbs or exhausts.  It 
> had the aluminum head (until I changed it to  the 
> cast iron head from a 262.)  
> Torque?  You betcha.  To twist  an axle in second 
> gear only took a little bit 
> of sand on the pavement when  accelerating and in 
> second with it about half 
> wound up.  It would slip,  then grab and "twang" 
> it was axle time.  It only 
> happened a couple of times  and I found replacing 
> an axle was an easy task.  
>  
> Hudson did put together a 308 engine they called 
> the  "7X" which had all the 
> little tweaks to make it go fast.  I never had 
> one  but was well satisfied 
> with what I had.
>  
> Ron
> PS:  Since you have been in one, you probably  
> remember the center point 
> steering and how it would hold a straight line 
> even  with one front wheel in 
> adverse conditions.  They had dished the wheels 
> to  the point the center of the 
> wheel was directly over the king pin.  It  tended 
> to keep going straight better 
> than some of the other cars of that  era.  In 
> later years VW even designed 
> their front suspension to provide  steering 
> change to overcome left/right pull due 
> to uneven braking.