James,
I'm confused. Are you going to be running a FORD or a ROVER engine?
I recently rebuild a FORD AOD (used in my Ford Bronco) and thought that it
was a well buillt unit.
I especially like the way the over-drive works. It drives directly through
a shaft that attaches to the back of the torque convertor, thus bypassing
the torque converter in overdrive.
The AOD-E is also good, but then you have to deal with sometype of
electronic unit to control its shifting.
Regards,
Jim B.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Jewell" <m1garand@directvinternet.com>
To: <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 2:52 AM
Subject: Re: Ford 302 mods and an Auto tranny MGB question.
> Well, a little more research has yeilded the following:
>
> D&D does make a plate to adapt late model GM, Buick, Pontiac
> auto-trannys to the Rover block, so assuming the slush-box fits into the
> tunnel with no more than a little banging, the GM trannies are now
> available to me.
>
> Second, Ford makes two trannies that may serve my purpose: The AOD
> (automatic, w/Overdrive) (the OD ratio is about 0.67 to 1) and the
> AOD-E, which is an electronic-shift version which is apparently more
> robust than the older AOD. Both of these bolt right onto the back of
> the Ford 289/302/351 so no adapter-plate is required. I just need to
> locate the dimensions. I believe they are mechanicaly related to the
> C4, and they get the O/D by locking (or is it unlocking???) up one of
> the planetary gears.
>
> I'm still gonna put a t-5 in the roadster, but that's not the car in
> which I plan on getting stuck in DC rush-hour traffic. I'll save that
> for a GT donor car (Don't forget me, Dave) with AC. As it is, my left
> thigh is about twice the size of the right one.
>
> James J.
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