I love sexy talk like this. :-)
You would have loved my stick / rammie DeSoto !
Burger
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On Feb 28, 2012, at 11:02 AM, Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc wrote:
> Thanks; looks like the 2.31/1.55 was used in the 57 Dodges,
> series, too.
>
> The 57 6-cylinder Coronet series had 2.50/1.68 gears in them.
>
> According to the 5/57 Hot Rod, all 57 PLY's, including Furys,
> had the 2.50/1.68 gears in them, as well.
>
> In 1958, the Fury's (anyway) got the 2.31/1.55 trannies, according
> to the 1/58 Hot Rod.
>
> Looks like the 2.31 guy is 1738 232 on our 'score cards'.
>
> In 61, the Dodge's gearing was 2.55/1.49, still with a non-synchro
> 1st gear and that trannie was N/A on the Rammie engines (according
> to the A.M.A. Spec Sheets), but Hot Rod & Motor Life tested a red
> Seneca Rammie sedan that had this manual trannie in it, and their
> only complaints with it were that, on the column shift, 2nd gear was a
> knuckle-buster on the dash's heater pushbuttons (optional Hurst
> floor shifter was recommended) , and that the 1.49 2nd gear's ratio
> jump was "too much", for the shift into the 1.00 3rd gear, with the 4.10
> gears that the car was running, because the engine would only be winding
> out to 5,000 RPM at the end of the 1/4 mile.
>
> Does anyone have a 1961 Parts book, to check the P/N on this trannie?
>
>
> Neil Vedder
>
>
>
> The On 2/28/2012 6:26 AM, Wayne Graefen wrote:
>> All '57 Chrysler manual transmission (Windsor and 300C)
>>
>> Transmission gear ratios:
>> First 2.31
>> Second 1.55
>> Third 1.00
>> Reverse 2.96
>>
>>
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc
>> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 5:09 PM
>> Subject: Chrysler manual trannie info, please.
>>
>>
>> For anyone with access to the 55-61 A.M.A. Specifications Sheets on
>> the 300's, could you kindly inform me what the 1st& 2nd gear ratios
>> were on the 3-speed sticks?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Neil Vedder
>>
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