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Posted by OF [70.193.0.141] on Friday, December 21, 2012 at 16:51:48 :
In Reply to: Re: Well I read inferrals that many were sold new and cheap posted by Kaegi [24.16.253.154] on Friday, December 21, 2012 at 15:41:27 :
with lots of boost, but, think I'll aim for getting it back like it was when new and try to keep it that way.
Having put just under 100 miles on it, on and off road, I am quite happy with it's performance and know once it's back together with even better fuel delivery (the fuel sock was a bit like black jello and some of the supply hoses were rotting from the insides out), it should do a bit better even without having to bypass the restrictive stock air filter, installing a better flowing muffler and bumping the timing on the pump.
I really like driving it and glad it's not as comatose and pokey as a late 60's Benz 220D 4 speed that left my hands with 400,000+ miles and smoking like two freight trains
This one is supposed to be geared 3.50 something and feels like it could easily pull taller gearing or taller than the 31.5 tires on it. It finds 60 easily enough and I haven't done lots of that yet to see if it is happy for sustained higher speeds, or how fast it will go.
Should the Dana44 up front and Chrysler 12 bolt 9.25 on the rear have tags to indicate their ratios? If so, where?
I haven't put a temp gauge or pyrometer on the transmission to see how warm it runs, but, you can hold your hand on it after a good thrashing, so I'm guessing that Loadflite convertor isn't too slushy or busy chopping the fluid to bits. It stalls at a very low speed and I wish I had a tachometer for it to know at what speed exactly.
With moderate or less pedal, it will shift into "D" at an indicated 20mph, maybe a bit less, and so smoothly I've had to pull it down in "2" to make sure it had shifted.
I would like to know what specific differences there are with this transmission and convertor to the regular Torqueflite 727's, or even other Loadflites for gasoline engines.