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Dodge vs Ford
Here is is an email that was
sent to me to forward to you all from a friend of mine that talked me
out of building a C-6 based 3.17 ratio gearbox and talked me into
using the 3.21 Dodge gears.
He is not on this list but you may
have heard of him as he is on the rotary roster as he is building a
Coot with a rotary and he is using one of my 2.95 belt drives and he
should be flying it this summer.
He thinks I am nuts going away from
the belt drive that I have put 900 trouble free hrs on and says he
will stick with the belt even though works on transmissions for a
living.
Ken Welter
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 06:47:42 -0800
(PST)
From: Arnold <vwsandndirt@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Fwd Re: [FlyRotary]Soapbox Warning! PSRU
Ratios
X-Originating-IP: [66.218.79.59]
To: Ken Welter <rotary.coot@verizon.net>
One thing I can tell you is
that in the last 15 plus years that I have dealt with
planetaries, I still see Ford sun gears coming apart in 80% of units I
take apart and I have yet to find a bad Dodge sun gear with the
exception on total planet meltdown due to a plugged trans cooler.
I am not an engineer, just an observer and a very qualified
transmission expert.
Another thing I can tell you is that it
was not the amount of pinion gears that were put into the Ford planets
that made it better, it was the change from aluminum to steel to keep
the splines from stripping out. Also, the Ford planets are only
being used (loaded) during up shifts and the Dodge planet set in
question is being used during the long period of time the truck is
towing the trailer down the highway in overdrive.
Good luck with your ratio debate and I
hope this info is of help.
Arnold Norton ASE
certified
American Transmissions
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