I used to have a 52 Dodge with "Gyromatic Tip Toe Shift". I think you will
find that it is a two speed manual trans with an electric overdrive. You
chose low or high shifting with the clutch and the overdrive will engage
when you let up on the gas. At a stop it downshifts the O-D and will idle
with the torque converter. As I remember the upshift was pretty clunky as
you have to let off the gas to get the O-D to up shift. I beat the hell out
of it behind a flathead six but I don't know how it would stand up to a V-8.
Jim in Palmdale, packing to leave for the salt.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
To: <ardunbill@webtv.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 8:40 AM
Subject: Roadster
> Well, it's not a '32 Ford, it's a 1923 Dodge
> roadster on straight fabricated rails. 102"
> wheelbase with solid beam front axle and chevy
> 3.08 rear also bolted solid to the rails. The
> body is a steel 23 Dodge which I found in the
> bushes in northeaster Oklahoma about 300 yards
> from Arkansas. I'm just getting around to
> pulling the flathead out this weekend, so the
> hemi is not in yet. I'm probably going to use
> the original Dodge "Gyromatic". that is a four
> speed manual transmission hooked up with both a
> clutch and torque converter. I wouldn't bother
> with such a set-up, except that the previous
> owner (I pulled it from a running and driving
> car) said that the torque converter pull harder
> than any torque converter he had ever seen. it
> should work fine in a light roadster. I'm going
> to run a Neilson cam and a NASCAAR 550 CFM 2bbl
> Rochester on a hogged out Dodge manifold. After
> I
> try it in that form one time at Maxton, I may add
> some happy gas.
>
> Dick J
>
> --- ardunbill@webtv.net wrote:
> > Sure, Dick, this would be a good time for you
> > to tell us all the details
> > on your '32 Ford roadster/241 Dodge Hemi. Go
> > through the whole thing
> > from what racing class to the whole car
> > building setup and engine
> > layout. I'm curious. ArdunBill in the Dismal
> > Swamp
> >
>
>
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