Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: The Frankensteining of Great Cars

 

I remember reading that RR destroyed a few Turbo-hydramatics by polishing the interior  channels, which were designed to have  irregular surfaces to create turbulence in the fluid.

--- On Tue, 8/30/11, Mark in Lakewood, CO <beeser750@q.com> wrote:

From: Mark in Lakewood, CO <beeser750@q.com>
Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: The Frankensteining of Great Cars
To: "diesel mercedes" <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 11:25 PM



Actually, the association goes back much before the Turbo Hydramatic 400, to the original, 4-speed Hydra-Matic of the early '50s.  In my opinion, an even better transmission; the only automatic battle-tested in World War II, four of them were installed in the little M24 "Chaffee" light tank.

(Hydra-Matic was also used by Hudson, Nash, even arch-rival Lincoln.)

Mark in Lakewood, CO
From: "Nate" <vwnate1@yahoo.com>
To: "diesel mercedes" <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 6:42:54 AM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: The Frankensteining of Great Cars

 

Thanx Brian ! .

The tranny was the venerable GM Turbo Hydro 400 , a very good tranny indeed .

-Nate
Brian Wrote:
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> Ah, no, RR made their own engines, I think they used GM Hydramatics for a while..
> bk
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