62 inline 6 speed ideas

[crhyno]

Originally Posted by jcramsey

I've currently got a 250 w/ the stock three speed. Goes down the highway @ 65 good....although it's digging pretty hard. I need to get a tach so I can tell what I rpm's I'm turning. I snagged two borg warner ODs waiting to be rebuilt so I'm hoping that will get me down into a little better rpm range. Everyone I've talked to that have run them say I won't regret using it.

Hi

65 would be more than fast enough for me. Saw a borg warner OD that was rebuilt on ebay last week and it sold for $1500. Any thoughts on whether this was a good price? My little 235 needs some help to be able to get onto a highway without serious damage. Reading various blogs about the BG bolted onto the 235 seems to indicate I should be able to easily do 65-70, but I am not sure that people post when it does not work the way they wanted.

[jcramsey]

Originally Posted by crhyno

Hi

65 would be more than fast enough for me. Saw a borg warner OD that was rebuilt on ebay last week and it sold for $1500. Any thoughts on whether this was a good price? My little 235 needs some help to be able to get onto a highway without serious damage. Reading various blogs about the BG bolted onto the 235 seems to indicate I should be able to easily do 65-70, but I am not sure that people post when it does not work the way they wanted.

I have no clue on the value of a rebuilt one...I guess if somebody paid that for it, then it was worth it? I'm sure if you put brand new gears and a rebuild kit in then you'd be around $450 just in parts, not including the cost of the overdrive trans itself. If overdrive needed new stuff then I'm sure that would add up fast.