3.09:1 64-66 slant six 4 speed

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the early 4 speeds ,64 or so, were the same as the max wedge trans...

i believe the 74 and later ones were all od trans...
 
805moparkid said:
the early 4 speeds ,64 or so, were the same as the max wedge trans...

i believe the 74 and later ones were all od trans...
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If I understood what you said, I'm pretty sure that "all" early 4 speeds were NOT "the same as a max wedge trans."

I HAVE a 4 speed --somewhere--out of an early Barracuda that has the rear drive flange (like my 64 440 body (Polara) had) AND has a 3.0x first gear. My recollection is this came out of a 274 4bbl car (cracked/ frozen block)

I'm pretty sure the big V8 cars were NOT 3.09 first

A quote from AllPar

http://www.allpar.com/mopar/transmissions/four-speed-manual.html

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Right from day one there are two distinct versions of this box: A-body (later to be used in F-bodies) and B-body (also to be found in later C- and E-bodies). Initially there are three main version-to-version differences: extension housing and mains haft length, low-gear ratio and rear-flange size. The A-car box, while every bit as strong as its larger cousin, carries a 3.09-to-1 low gear, designed to help launch small cars with even smaller
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yeah the 3.09 is the slant six box, but they revived it in 1974 and some early 75 318 cars before the o/d unit came out.
 
67Dart273 said:
If I understood what you said, I'm pretty sure that "all" early 4 speeds were NOT "the same as a max wedge trans."

I HAVE a 4 speed --somewhere--out of an early Barracuda that has the rear drive flange (like my 64 440 body (Polara) had) AND has a 3.0x first gear. My recollection is this came out of a 274 4bbl car (cracked/ frozen block)

I'm pretty sure the big V8 cars were NOT 3.09 first

A quote from AllPar

http://www.allpar.com/mopar/transmissions/four-speed-manual.html

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Right from day one there are two distinct versions of this box: A-body (later to be used in F-bodies) and B-body (also to be found in later C- and E-bodies). Initially there are three main version-to-version differences: extension housing and mains haft length, low-gear ratio and rear-flange size. The A-car box, while every bit as strong as its larger cousin, carries a 3.09-to-1 low gear, designed to help launch small cars with even smaller
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thank you for fixing that for me... i just remembered reading somewhere that in 64 or earlier that they had only one trans and used it in all cars (except for different fitment options)...

thanks for clarifying...
 
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