Why a Reverse Valve Body?
Quote:
Originally Posted by oldkimmer
..........If u leve off the kd linkage u will burn up the trans from low oil pressure.............if u tie it back, it will NOT shift out of 1st gear.......the govenor pressure cannot overcome the line pressure..............kim........
Are you positive about that? I don't see how the trans would know if it was tied back, or was just being held back by the linkage with your foot to the floor? Also, I drove my '67 Barracuda for 3 years with the kickdown tied back, and it still shifted hard when I pulled it. I only could drive it on the street due to the 4.88 gears. A high geared car would be doing 100+ mph. before it would go into high gear.
thats true, the amount of travel the kickdown lever has directly affects the fluid pressure thus the shift points change when in drive. If you want to run with the KD linkage you must tie back the lever around 1/2 its travel so you would have a decent shift point when in drive.
i had a lokar kd cable on my last car and could never get it adjusted right and the 1st time i went on a ride in the neiborhood to try and adjust it i almost over heated the tran fluid because the trans was going into 3rd almost immedietly and slipping alot. when i got back home i was underneath the car and put my hand on the trans pan and almost burned my hand it was so hot. this was do to slippage and not enough fluid pressure because the kd lever wasnt making full travel.
Quote:
Originally Posted by oldkimmer
..........If u leve off the kd linkage u will burn up the trans from low oil pressure.............if u tie it back, it will NOT shift out of 1st gear.......the govenor pressure cannot overcome the line pressure..............kim........
Are you positive about that? I don't see how the trans would know if it was tied back, or was just being held back by the linkage with your foot to the floor? Also, I drove my '67 Barracuda for 3 years with the kickdown tied back, and it still shifted hard when I pulled it. I only could drive it on the street due to the 4.88 gears. A high geared car would be doing 100+ mph. before it would go into high gear.
thats true, the amount of travel the kickdown lever has directly affects the fluid pressure thus the shift points change when in drive. If you want to run with the KD linkage you must tie back the lever around 1/2 its travel so you would have a decent shift point when in drive.
i had a lokar kd cable on my last car and could never get it adjusted right and the 1st time i went on a ride in the neiborhood to try and adjust it i almost over heated the tran fluid because the trans was going into 3rd almost immedietly and slipping alot. when i got back home i was underneath the car and put my hand on the trans pan and almost burned my hand it was so hot. this was do to slippage and not enough fluid pressure because the kd lever wasnt making full travel.