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Anyone need 32 forward gears
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:07 am
by St Jimmy
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:16 am
by Gwagensteve
This link is so old, it arrived to me by pigeon
Before transfer gears were available/affordable, all of these sort of ideas looked feasible. 4 speeds behind autos, stacked manuals, niva transfer cases, planetary equipped jackshafts....
The only real benefit I can see of this kind of setup is to retain stock high range for people who want gears offroad but run a 4 speed manual/3 speed auto, and/or small tyres and still want to cruise.
Like any of these sort of mods though, EVERYTHING ends up custom and that's a massive PITA when you want to do any other work on the car.
I remember hearing about the volvo gearbox thing around that time though (400BC
) and it was interesting.
I think it was pioneered by the swedish who A) love suzuki's and B) have lots of old volvos to play with.
Steve.
PS If you calculated all those gears out you'd get LOTS of overlaps - i.e lots of options would be so close in ratio you'd never use them.
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:49 am
by PCRman
Gwagensteve wrote:PS If you calculated all those gears out you'd get LOTS of overlaps - i.e lots of options would be so close in ratio you'd never use them.
X2. It would be just like a 18sp mountain bike you would only use your fav 6 or so gears.
Still it would be good for confusing truck drivers off the lights.
Brrrrm, Brrrrm, Brrrrm, Brrrm, Brrrm, Brrrm, Brrrm etc.
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:02 am
by just cruizin'
And then back it up with a transfer with twin sticks for the ulimate in wand value
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:22 am
by St Jimmy
I found it on zuwharrie
it was just posted
and Steve you must
Be old
400 bc
you don't look a day
over 200bc
Boner
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 4:25 pm
by Bl@ckDog
yeah it's old........but at least for me very useable range and very inexpensive.....(gears here are extremely expensive)
oooh...and i've got about 48 gears....
right now running entirely stock drivetrain with 265/75 16 m/t.......with no problems........but want to change r/p to 4,56 for gas milage and better top speed.....
it is a partial daily driver and do sometimes go on long trips so i would like to get better gas milage and higher top speed......right now top speed is about 90 kilometers..........
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 4:33 pm
by joeblow
Gwagensteve wrote:This link is so old, it arrived to me by pigeon
Before transfer gears were available/affordable, all of these sort of ideas looked feasible. 4 speeds behind autos, stacked manuals, niva transfer cases, planetary equipped jackshafts....
The only real benefit I can see of this kind of setup is to retain stock high range for people who want gears offroad but run a 4 speed manual/3 speed auto, and/or small tyres and still want to cruise.
Like any of these sort of mods though, EVERYTHING ends up custom and that's a massive PITA when you want to do any other work on the car.
I remember hearing about the volvo gearbox thing around that time though (400BC
) and it was interesting.
I think it was pioneered by the swedish who A) love suzuki's and B) have lots of old volvos to play with.
Steve.
PS If you calculated all those gears out you'd get LOTS of overlaps - i.e lots of options would be so close in ratio you'd never use them.
yeah, i hear the services where you live are primitive! pidgeons worked well in ww2....lots of other old posts that come up all the time....... this one is interesting to look at though...good one boner......
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 6:33 pm
by ofr57
i like the idea of using a Lj transfer case
low low etc etc
another output for a PTO or a snow plough your choice hehehe
