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Has anyone considered a Gear Vendors Overdrive?
Changing gear ratios: opinions/suggestions wanted!!
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I had a '78 Winnebago motorhome with a 440 and 727 auto that had a Gear Vendors in it. Was really cool. You could use it to "split shift" so it made it like having a 6 speed instead of a 3 speed. 1st, 1st over, 2nd, 2nd over, 3rd, and 3rd over. Was nice when driving in the hills and having the overdrive really cut the RPM's down so a guy could cruise comfortably at modern speed limits.
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What does this even mean? I've dailyed plenty of street cars with steep gears and no overdrive. They all had exhaust,I didn't flip people off. My gears weren't rude or obnoxious to anyone. My gears affected no one but me and my car.And run straight pipe, drop the mufflers! Put one of these in the window
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You are being too serious, I'm only making a joke. I would NOT actually flip someone off or try to be obnoxious.
Nor am I criticizing you, I am WITH you.
Problem with texting and my sense of humor is it can be misconstrued.
Not the 1st time I've stepped on toes here.
Seriously, apologies for affending.
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I remember seeing that thread. I don't remember what the OP was or if their was a like or dislike of Cats.@Ricko1966 is a very serious person. He only jokes about buttered toast, knitting and cat's asses
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It was one of those threads that just went back and forth,nobody agreeing. So I suggested that next we should argue about if you tie buttered toast to a cats back and drop it which side lands first.I remember seeing that thread. I don't remember what the OP was or if their was a like or dislike of Cats.
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Sorry for the delay in responding,, did not get a notification..
I run a flat tappet Voodoo lunati 10120700
.437"/.454" 207/213
the motor has been great,, I get ~12 mpg running around town and ~15+ on the highway. The flat tappet cam failure is a myth.. If someone is wiping a cam they need to looks at lifter bores, spring pressure, or bind.
I run solid flats in all my performance motors = zero problems. My CJ7s have hyd flat and for ~20 years no problem,,,, No special oils.
Anywhoo,, At my RPM Under 3000, the benefit of a roller is not there. I spoke to a couple of grinders and the few hp i might gain was not worth the $$$.
Here is my motor build if anyone is in the TBI boat.
Simple TBI build - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network
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I've settled on going with 3:73 gears and I am keeping my original TH400. Whether I swap in gears and carriers or just swap complete differentials remains to be seen based on what I can find. It might not be what all of you would do, but it fits me, so thanks all for the input and ideas!!
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The flat tappet flat cam is not a myth,just not near as common as everyone believes. I worked at the same shop 1985-2001 we did rebuilds,full service or carryout,stock or as wikd as you wanted it,we did at least 3 a week I'd say that's a big under estimate, but I've seen flat cams,some worn out in engines that had never been apart, and we had a run for a few weeks where we were getting come backs with flat cams.Never had the problem before,and we didn't suddenly forget how to do machine work or build engines,or break in cams. We changed supplier for cams and lifters and the problem mysteriously went away. It seems we had a run of 1980 ish 305s with 700r4s that had factory cams that went flat,and it's just always been a hypothesis of mine that if they hadn't had O.D. transmissions they wouldn't have gone flat.
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