Re: 727 to 518 swap...

[farna@xxxxxxx]

You CAN, however, tow in OD IF you keep the rpm up. That limits to relatively flat land towing light to medium loads at 55+ mph for most. For heavy loads, like pulling most cars on a trailer, no way! If you have a good cooler you can tow more, but it does put a strain on the OD gears. Average Joe barely knows where to put oil and water in a car, much less how to drive and actually have to think about conditions and what gear to use! What use is an auto trans if you have to think about how you're using it?? ;>

But you can use a BW OD, remember! It can be remote mounted behind an auto with a bit of work. A coupler and front cover plate has to be fabbed, as well as a cross member (the easy part). Then the wiring figured out -- also not terribly difficult. I've seen a couple done this way in the past, though haven't done one myself. 

The 327 has 9.7:1 compression. If you go strictly LPG you will want to boost that to around 11:1. 

On July 18, 2005 Mark Price wrote:

> That's the problem with most overdirve transmissions. They caome right out and say, " Don't tow in overdrive". Kinda defeats the whole purpose!
> Gear Vendors is the easy fix for that as far as I know.
> Not cheap mind you, just easoer and dependable.
> I've thought a lot about wanting to use one in my Convertible, but doubt if I will ever get up the gumption to lay out that kind of money.
> LPG I need to start researching as I'm 90+% sure that is the way I want to go with the big old high compression 327.
> Mark Price
> mpriceATwestco.net
> Morgantown, WV
> 69 AMC rambler, 4.0L, EFI, 5 speed
> 65 Ambassador Conv, 327 AUTO, Basketcase
> 01 S-10 CREWCRAP 4X4
> 


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