Re: SER1 Overdrive

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Hi Wren,

Assuming you mean the planetary overdrive design out of Vancouver, I've
had one partially installed since September -- 'partially' meaning that I
haven't designed a shifter for it and have no idea whether it works in
overdrive (the Minerva tunnel is too tight to the gearbox to slip the
stock shifter by).  I can say, however, that the added noise in direct
drive is a very little bit of whine on decel, and that, once I received an
input coupling that fit the Roverdrive, installation of the box itself was
quite easy.  It did take several tries and almost a month to get a working
set -- check this before you start your install.  Rocky Mountain assures
me that this won't be a problem in future, but Australia is a long way to
be fighting a quality assurance problem of that magnitude.

Hope that helps.

George E Sollish	Chief Engineer		Auto Gear Equipment
			Project Manager		The Payne Lake Project

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Wren Brown wrote:

> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 21:12:56 +1000
> From: Wren Brown <wren.brown@xxxxxxx.xxx>
> Reply-To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> Subject: SER1 Overdrive
>
> Gidday All,
>
> I seem to be travelling increasing distances in my standard 86" (Australia is like that!), and am considering fitment of a 'Roverdrive'.  My car is currently fitted with Bridgestone 205R16 all terrains.
>
> The questions are:
>
>   a.. Is the 'Roverdrive' reliable?
>   b.. Is the conversion worthwile?
>   c.. Is the gearing up too much for the 2 litre engine?
>   d.. Noise? (I could do without any increase!)
> Any guidance would be appreciated.
>
> Cheerio,
>
> Wren

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