Re: overdrive

["McDowell's" <gmcd@domain.elided>]

3000$!!! that's no good.

John A. Landry wrote:

> The aliens commander decided "McDowell's" <gmcd@domain.elided> would make a
> perfect specimen for dissection, and he yelled...
>
> >    I have searched the web far and wide, and see no way to overdrive a
> >dana 20.
> >would it be worth it to drop the 20 for an 18 with an overdrive on it?
> >Are they interchangable?
> >does a dana 18 suck real bad? I have a feeling that a scout with a tall
> >overdrive would get awesome
> >gas milage. Mabey 16 or 18 mpg on the highway. Arent there thousands of
> >people with dana 20's
> >that need overdrives now that the spped limits are 70mph now? sombody
> >needs to start
> >making one. I think there would be a big market for it.
>
> I thought that Steve Caldwell was telling me a couple of weekends ago that
> there *is* an overdrive unit available for the Scout, but it requires
> modification to the frame cross member and is very expensive ($3000.00+).
>
> Steve???
>
> What we need is to find a reasonably priced overdrive unit (under $1000.00)
> that would possibly be installed separately from the transfer case.  The
> one thing in common with all Scouts is the rear axle.  Wouldn't it be neat
> to have a planetary gear overdrive that would fit right on the front of the
> rear axle pumpkin... either with a direct mechanical or electro-mechanical
> means of engagement... just like the popular two-speed rear axles on bigger
> trucks.
>
> It would need to be a balance between size and strength, but I think some
> sort of hook-up wouldn't be too difficult.  Time to start sketching on a
> napkin!
>
> Just dreaming.
>
> John L.
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