[Shotimes] Re: Torqued-Out Trannies (No XXX-Rated Content Though)

[Kerby Haltom]

If I remember right, that big ol FWD tranny was a modified RWD 
tranny.  That's why the front of those Eldo's and Toronado's were so 
friggen long.  They needed lots of space up there.  The problem comes when 
you try to put the entire drivetrain in a space designed to hold laptop 
computer.  Something has to give, and its usually the tranny.

Kerby

At 09:27 PM 2/2/04 -0500, MonsieurBoo@aol.com wrote:
>"The C4 & C6 were great......as were the bulk of the Big 3s RWD trannies (727
>TF, 350 & 400 TH, etc)."
>
>"They all have fallen off the cliff in FWD trannies. Only exception seems to
>be the big FWD ATX in the STS and similar GM cars.....but as I understand it
>is a BIG and heavy SOB."
>
>Well, I'm pretty old school and still have a soft spot for anything where the
>wheels that steer the car and those that move the car aren't the same wheels!
>  So natch I love those stout old C6s especially when bolted up to something
>like a 351 Boss, CJ or side oiler.
>
>However, in all honesty I have to point out the 1970 Cadillac Eldorado with
>its colossal 500 CID mill, the largest production passenger-car engine ever,
>cranking out 400 horsepower and 550 lbs/ft of torque -- and of course a boat
>anchor of a FWD ATX.  Those suckers could pull the weight though!!
>
>I recall one time in the mid 70s I was hiking back in the mountains behind my
>house in Hawaii, this was a jeep trail that turned into a gully and about
>half a mile up the gully I came around a bend and there was an Eldo that 
>someone
>had swiped and joy ridden all the way up there somehow.  It wasn't the
>drivetrain that gave out either -- he high centered it on a rock under the 
>driver's
>seat.  It's sat there rusting ever since, because it'd take a helicopter to
>yank it out.  They've gotta let it rust away until it gets light enough I 
>guess.
>
>Oh well, that's the "heavy metal" era but I sure have lots of fun moshin' it
>up nowadays with my SHO!
>
>cheers,
>Mark LaBarre
>'94 125k ATX
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