Yeah, it will be interesting. I have only been on a short test drive up to speed, it seems to work fine so far.
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Did you need to or want to make a new shift plate. I have always liked you home made shifter.
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Any drive line angle issues with the longer trans set and your short wheelbase? On the vintage Mustang board these get talked about from time to time. one guy who is an engineer who's worked at J Bittle and help design Global West control arms is running one or had one. he had vibration issues because he really couldn't get good U joint angles. I believe he did get it resolved.TomOverdrive is overrated
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I haven't really had time to check the driveline angles well...but it was a bit nose down before, which causes a little bit of vibration, it's worse with less gear in it. The overall angle didn't change, but the U joints are at a little bit more angle because the shaft is shorter. I think it'll be ok....we'll see.
I figured out how to make the gate on the shifter work better, but that required reducing the size of the lever. So I kind of had to make a new plate, so fix a problem I had with the original design. The shifter is pure experimentation....trying to make a working copy of the one in this 50 year old picture
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Just an observation, do you think maybe that plate needs a bigger edge?
I can see a sliced thigh if things go wrong.
The O/D is manual control, with it only being able to be engaged when the micro switch that linens up with Drive is operated, is that how it's wired?
Good engineering, it looks great.Tim
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That's how it's wired, but it's not Drive, it's 3rd. since it has a full manual valve body.
I'll see how close it is to my leg, thanks for that observation
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I had to chuckle later on after reading how you were told it wouldn't work without their computer. The younger generation can't quite grasp that there are other ways besides a black box. Too bad they don't understand relay logic.
Years ago I worked in a hospital, electrician. I was talking with the manager of the biomed dept. Somehow we got into a discussion about capacitance reaction of a circuit. He grab his calculator and way before he was done, I spit the answer out. He just couldn't understand how I did it so quick. No clue about rounding out and moving decimal points. Oh, I was very close to his calculation that totally blew him away.
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The pallet wrapping machines were fully automatic, they would wrap 120 pallets per hour with the cheapest plastic you could buy.Last edited by Huskinhano; January 20, 2016, 08:54 AM.TomOverdrive is overrated
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I know Ross(RedlightRoss) broke a GV on drag week with his Roadrunner this year. They Warrantied the unit for him but they determined he was using it wrong. It had something to do with the switches and how he operated it. Something about how it needs to be ON all the time but not engaged? I can't exactly remember he told me what happened on day 4 and my brain is full by then lol.1968 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S 340 with a 360
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Originally posted by BlueCuda340 View PostI know Ross(RedlightRoss) broke a GV on drag week with his Roadrunner this year. They Warrantied the unit for him but they determined he was using it wrong. It had something to do with the switches and how he operated it. Something about how it needs to be ON all the time but not engaged? I can't exactly remember he told me what happened on day 4 and my brain is full by then lol.
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