You shouldn't have to get the speedo adjusted, provided you use the same gears
on the trans output shaft and on the speedo takeoff, as what you had previously.
The output shaft still spins at the same speed for a given road speed, no matter
what you have in there for a transmission.
Theo Smit
tsmit@novatel.ca
B382002705
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Barrett [SMTP:jamesbrt@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 1999 4:35 PM
> To: Tom Calvert
> Cc: John Crawley
> Subject: Re: Transmission ID
>
> At 05:24 PM 3/18/99 EST, you wrote:
> >Jim,
> >Based on the following you have a cast iron SROD transmission. Here is a
> >list of transmission ratios from the Fordnatics List:
> >From Fordnatics October 1997
> >Ford Transmission Ratios...
> > SROD ...
> > cast
> >
> >1st 3.29
> >2nd 1.84
> >3rd 1.00
> >4th 0.81
> ....
> >It should be a good setup for the right motor.
> >
> >Tom Calvert
> Tom and John,
> I think you hit the nail on the head. When I recomputed the
> ratios based on a .81 overdrive and my "speedometer readings", the ratios
> came out close to the Tom's supplied numbers. So it is probably
> a Single Rail Overdrive (SROD) for a 77-78 Granada.
> a 3.29 low gear sounds a lot better than my assumed 4.1 or so.
> Now to get my speedometer adjusted for the overdrive and fabricate
> a new 3-4 shift rod and flip the 3-4 lever on the side of the
> transmission. The reverse lever has a piece hanging down
> that I connected the backup light switch to. Will have to avoid
> that mess with a bend or two in the shift rod.
>
> James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
>
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