[DML] Re: Turbo PRV

["Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

There were not a whole lot of production rear-drive transmissions to 
choose from. I'd presume that DMC went with something off the shelf 
rather than a custom design just for expediency. 

A custom design wouldn't be cost effective unless they were planning on 
hundreds of thousands of units. 

Having dismantled a DMC trans that had been behind a Buick turbo car, 
it showed no evidence of extraordiary wear due to horsepower. I took it 
apart because the shaft nut backed off, AND the guy who built the car 
didn't bother with a pilot bearing on the input shaft. 

Dave S

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@...> wrote:
>
[snip]  I find it hard to accept that DMC would
> use such an overrated transmission. Economics usually dictate that you
> balance everything so using a 300 HP trans (stock configuration) on a
> 130 HP stock motor makes no sense. That is over double the HP of the
> motor!
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757 
> 
> 
> 









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