From: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
> And American cars offered free wheeling long before 1960 as well. It was
> eventually discontinued because it put more load on the (inadequate) brakes
> of the time.
Aparently, US cars bundled overdrive and freewheeling together a lot. My dad
never could separate them in his brain and thought of my SAABS as having
"overdrive and freewheeling".
The point of the freewheel in SAAB cars had nothing to do with the Ford V4. It
was a leftover from 2-stroke cars. Trailing the throttle was not good for
those engines because the lube came in with the fuel.
It was good for winning those economy-run trophies in a V4 car though.
--
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban,
1994 Miata C package
pethier [at] comcast [dot] net http://forum.mnautox.com/forums/
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I decry the textmessagization of the American-English language.
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