Subject: Re: [TR] Overdrive ratio
> Jim, I don't really know the answer to the first part of your question,
> but to the second part, does it matter, I would say it depends on how you
> use/drive the car. Personnaly, I use 3rd OD a lot, 2nd OD less often.
> Examples; just driving around when it's time to upshift but I know I'll be
> slowing again at the next light, in traffic when I know it's just going to
> slow again, on mountain roads coming off a stretch with another curve
> ahead, going down hill when I want to speed up a bit before the next bend,
> going up steep hills when 3rd is winding out but 4th just may not have the
> umph to keep going, getting on highways when I'm reaching redline but
> still need more acceleration to get into the flow than I can get in
> 4th.... but then I drove it happily for years with no od at all, so how
> important it is is up to you.
> Bob
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
> To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 7:57 AM
> Subject: [TR] Overdrive ratio
>
>
>>I am considering changing the overdrive from a 22% to a 28% reduction, in
>> the interest of lower rpms on extended highway trips. Will I "lose" some
>> gears i.e. will overdrive in some gear be virtually the same as some
>> other
>> gear without overdrive?
>> In practice, does it make any difference anyway? That is, does it end up
>> that most of the time you only use o/d in 4th?
>> Thanks,
>> Jim Wallace
>> Never ending TR3a restoration
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