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Old 06-24-2012, 08:40 PM   #8
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Re: Drive train ideas for light duty shop truck.

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Originally Posted by 2manyprojects View Post
You will have to hunt for one but there are factory Chevy 3spd overdrives out there from the 50's and 60's. My coworker has one in his truck with a 235. Its his daily driver and drives great at highway speeds. You can keep the column shift. The over drive works off of an electric switch.
I will look into this. That would be killer cool.

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My solution to this was to get a 4.10 rear end and a NV3500 5-speed transmission. The top gear in the NV3500 is .73. That ought to help highway runs quite a bit.
I looked these up. I noticed that the bellhousing is cast into the trans as one piece and shaped for a small block. I'm pretty sure the I-6 and the v-8 don't have the same bellhousing. Did you hook the NV3500 to a 235?
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