I think I can back up his statement. In 1959 I installed a well built
small block Chevy in my BN2. Used the stock BN2 transmission & OD &
the stock rear axle. The OD solenoid was wired direct to a toggle
switch. A down shift was rather abrupt with no throttle applied,
squeeked the rear tires, but it wasn't hard to learn to apply just a
bit of throttle.
Drove it pretty hard & never did break anything. The type A OD is
pretty stout as is the 4 speed transmission & axle.
Being much older & cautious, I now use the original controls intact.
Regards,
Dave Russell
BN2
healeymanjim@joimail.com wrote:
> i may have stated this before, but when i lived in the portland
> area, a guy who had a repair shop for british cars used to race
> healeys and they took the throttle switch out(maybe relay also) and
> used to bang the od in and out constantly. he stated that the od
> was tough and they never had a problem with kicking it out while
> decelerating. i never had the guts to do it and will not start
> now, but maybe someone else can back him up. healeymanjim
>
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