http://www.chevelles.com/techref/ftecref29.html This is one place that lists some of the specs on the different boxes
I'm trying to determine what the ALPHA CODE means. ANyone know? Do all Saginaw boxes have the same input/output shafts?
I've been trying to determine how much variation there are between different boxes, and it's impossible to discern without a Saginaw catalog.
Mark Price mprice@xxxxxxxxxx Morgantown, WV 69 AMC rambler, 4.0L, EFI, 5 speed 65 Ambassador Conv, 327 AUTO, Basketcase 01 S-10 CREWCRAP 4X4
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:38:06 -0700 (PDT)
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Sandwich Maker wrote:
feel is controlled by a torsion bar in the ps gear valve. the thicker the bar, the more the feel; they range from 0.165" dia to 0.204". most are on the small end; something like a z28 would have a 0.195". they also showed the early zj box was a good choice; fast ratio, medium-high feel, wide turning angle.
i learned this from a page in a gm-oriented website. it had specs for saginaw gears from the mid '60s to mid '90s at least. unfortunately, i can't find the url again...
OK, it's RTFM time! The time for this sub-project for me is not now, but I do want to eventually find a 2.5 turn box, and that will be the time for this research.
Thanks for the info!