A833 overdrive V8 bellhousing?
There’s nothing wrong with the 833 OD transmissions. It just depends on the application
I ran that A833od for 4 years, and know exactly what
@trapster means in post 13.
I took it apart and fixed it, then it broke
I bought another cuz yur right, they are cheap. It broke too.
I bought another, and it broke too.
But the whole time I had one, the splits were horrible, like I keep saying, for anything but a hi-torque AND low-rpm engine.
I bought the GVod, to use it as a splitter, thinking that was gonna be pretty good. with ratios of
3.09-
2.41-1.67-
1.30-1.00-
.78-.57; GV in red..yes seven useable ratios. and splits od .78-.69-.78.77-.78-.73
Butum, I was wrong. It was fine when upshifting, but the GV is not made to be downshifted into. And I got tired of having to work around the wide splits again. And honestly; seven ratios was 2 too many.
So I got the Commando.
3.09-1.92-1.40-1.00.. And split it with the GV, for ratios of;
3.09-
2.41-1.92-
1.50-1.40-
1.09/1.00-.
78; EIGHT ratios now, but I only use five of them; different gears at different times. Most of the time as a regular 4+1.
And I have not been able to break the Commando.
Now, that 367 engine of mine, at that time, was running a
[email protected] cam, and 11/1 Scr with pressure of 185psi. So it was a nice hi-torque engine with a powerpeak not much higher than the old 340.. but with more pressure than the 340, and 27 more cubes. So when I say I didn't like it, yes, that's my opinion. But with open-chambered iron heads, you'd be hard pressed to run more than 160 psi at full timing, so it's gonna be worse. If you marry that to a slow shifting box,behind a 340,with 3.55gears..... I can guarantee that it will be frustrating.
Mine STOPPED being frustrating after
I installed the GVod AND
4.30 gears, and
converted the od box to slick-shift, and
learned how to split-shift.
That's a lot of dedication to trying to make the crappy splits work. Almost $4000 worth of dedication. So I'm not real excited to be lectured at. It's a good thing those overdrive boxes were so dirt-cheep, making the whole exercise a lil less frustrating.
Oh and after breaking three of those boxes, in various ways, I was just ....... done with the whole dumb idea I had had. The ratios are just too far apart;
the whole time I had one, the splits were horrible, like I keep saying, for anything but a hi-torque AND low-rpm engine.
And that is my opinion.
and I will never change it.
And shoot; I can break that weakazz 20tooth mainshaft overdrive gear, in a heartbeat. Zing, here we go again; when it breaks, the shattered pieces do not just fall to the bottom........
