1) It was me who get an AOD which is too long. I havenīt seen the donor car
but I was told itīs a 88 Mustang. It fits to the engine but it doesnt fit to
the brace and because itīs a little bit longer than the FMX the prop. shaft
needs to be shortened. But maybe the guy who sold me the tranny was wrong.
Iīll call him on Thursday to become sure what kind of tranny he sold me.
2) The AOD I got needs another speedo cable. The connection to the tranny is
different from the FMX. I donīt know yet which fits.
3) I have around 320 hp on mine. My garage told me the brakes and the tranny
are sized to stand even 500 hp. So why investing a lot of money?
4) No clue on that either. I got the converter which was used with the AOD.
I havenīt worried about that yet
Peter
# 2041
----- Original Message -----
From: alphachi <alphachi@writeme.com>
To: <Bricklin@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 8:38 AM
Subject: Need to clear things up about 75 AOD Conversion
> Ok, first, thanks to all the replies concerning this popular conversion.
> Some questions still remain, so any further enlightenment would be a real
> help. For now, I'm not changing the rear.
> 1) Ok it looks like a 88 AOD will do, but some mentioned the length or
> mating to the stock drive shaft is NOT the same????
>
> 2) Keeping the stock rear, what about the speedo cable gear at the tranny?
>
> 3) Pricing built up AODs with shift kits, valving, kevlar clutches, etc,
> starts to get upwards of about $1,200-1,400 and several outfits offer
these.
> Any personal recommendations? (HP output somewhere between 325 -400)
>
> 4) Finally, the converter, some recommend a higher stall speed, but I do
> NOT want a pocket rocket, just a completely streetable car with some
> cajones. But some even suggest a mild increase to 2500 will make it even
> more streetable. How? I haven't a clue...
>
> clueless in the voter challenged state of Florida
>
> stephan #2821
>
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