[Fot] Overdrive issue

[Tony Drews]

So, kinda back toward the original question...

I love the OD, and use 2nd OD all the time.  I don't know if it makes 
me faster, but I have more fun driving with the extra drama of the 
OD.  I agree that the close ratio box is the way to go from an 
intellectual standpoint, but having those 7 speeds and the right gear 
for ANYTHING is way cool.

Since I've got it apart, any performance hints / tweaks are welcome!

I need to figure out which hole in the actuating valve to drill out.
I did have a little slip with full throttle upshifts, so will be 
raising the pressure some, but probably not to the 600+ psi range.
And, it does have the big accumulator.

Anything else?

It's going back together this weekend...

By the way, I think what broke it was a combination of rear wheel 
lockup and the detroit locker.  I replaced the rear pads, and had 
problems with rear lockup for a while.  When you lock one rear with 
the locker you get a big BANG.  Scared the piss out of me.  Had that 
happen a couple of times, and then found that teeth were missing off 
of 3rd gear.  I'll bet the driveline shock was what hosed the OD 
too.  Took a year to manifest itself, and even then only as parts 
coming out with the oil.  Still worked like a champ.

- Tony

At 05:42 PM 4/3/2007, R. John Lye wrote:
>At 06:32 PM 4/3/2007, R. John Lye wrote:
>
> >When I was autocrossing that car (with large very sticky slicks), my
> >primary gears were often 2nd and 2nd OD - it would shift up and down
> >faster than I could suing the clutch.
>
>Of course, that should be "using the clutch" - sorry.
>
>
>R. John Lye
>
>rjl6n at cstone.net