Reply to: RE>Introduction, Tim Engel, Eclat, Esprit S2
Tim Engel wrote:
> The following is my completed Introduction Format. <snip>
Welcome, and thanks for your intro message!
> the tabs don't hold and the anal retentive attention to alignment goes =
up
> in smoke.
Hmmm... yeah, I was wondering what set off the halon ;-) OK, Tim, point
well taken. Future intro-ers, let the alignment come out as random as it =
wants to. I think we'll cope. :-)
Tim also wrote:
> Thanks, Erik. I appreciate your efforts to keep me in the loop while =
I
> procrastinated.
Hey, we procrastinators oughta stick together.
> The Getrag engineer to whom I was referred should be back in the office
> by now; however, I haven't tried to contact him... <snip> Tomorrow =
looks
> good.
I would definitely like to hear more about the 265 Getrag 'boxes. =
Ratios,
applications, dimensions, all the stuff that I'm sure you would be =
planning to ask
anyway. There *does* seem to be a definite lack of 265 info available on
the web.
Another item of curiosity for me, is the fact that there appear to be two =
quite
different species of 245s. The 245/4 is the 80-82 320i overdrive 5 speed =
which
should be readily available in the States. The 245/10 is the Euro market =
optional
close ratio 5 speed. The issue of interest is that the 245/10 is *not* =
an overdrive
'box: it has a 1:1 top gear, like the 235/5. Although the the 245/4 and =
245/10
share root designations, their guts must be considerably different!
My question is, *how* different are the guts of these two different =
versions of
the 245.
It probably goes without saying that the most desired single item of data =
would
be a decent orthographic drawing showing the outline dimensions and such, =
for any or all of the Getrag 'boxes. We've got a good one for the Ford =
T9
already, at:
http://www.dnai.com/~sands/cars/trans/type-9a.gif
Regards,
erik.berg@trw.com
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