You would think with the manufacturers concern regarding fuel mileage that OD would be standard equipment. It just sounds strange even though the proof is right in front of us..
86 Cutlass no OD option???
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With a 2.14:1 or 2.29:1 rear axle, they would have a hard time pulling 4th @ 55 mph especially with a carb.
I would agree with you there. I think the engine would almost tend to lug with those gears and an OD trans.
I've seen cars equipped like that before, generally a base Cutlass, maybe a Supreme but never a Salon.
One of those things looking back you would have been better off checking off options for the extra gear and 2.56 rear for better driveability/mileage. Maybe 3.08 if that was available in these cars.
One of those things looking back you would have been better off checking off options for the extra gear and 2.56 rear for better driveability/mileage. Maybe 3.08 if that was available in these cars.
I've parted too many to count, both ways.
Unlike today's cars, back in the 80s you LITERALLY could have 100 choices on the order sheet.
Similar gas economy could be had with highway gears and a 200 metric versus sportier gears and overdrive. One cost more than the other, but at the low horsepower we're talking, mass dealer ordered cars weren't worth spending the cash.
One of my stranger cars was an 84 regal limited, chestnut brown on dark briar leather interior, 40/40 buckets with half console, 4.1 v6, 200-4r, 3.08 posi 7.5....functionally it kept pace with a 3.8, 200c, 2.14 peg car on mileage, which did about the same as a pair of 87 supreme and 88 csc.....
But, no, many many 86 and 87 cutlii came sans OD
Unlike today's cars, back in the 80s you LITERALLY could have 100 choices on the order sheet.
Similar gas economy could be had with highway gears and a 200 metric versus sportier gears and overdrive. One cost more than the other, but at the low horsepower we're talking, mass dealer ordered cars weren't worth spending the cash.
One of my stranger cars was an 84 regal limited, chestnut brown on dark briar leather interior, 40/40 buckets with half console, 4.1 v6, 200-4r, 3.08 posi 7.5....functionally it kept pace with a 3.8, 200c, 2.14 peg car on mileage, which did about the same as a pair of 87 supreme and 88 csc.....
But, no, many many 86 and 87 cutlii came sans OD
Crazy but yes they kept the garbage TH200C till 87. The Hurst/Olds and 442 were basically American cars with Metric gauges, the only pre 86 cars with the CCC in Canada. My 88 CSC was also basically an American car, Olds 307/2004R/2.56 open. The only other available gearing option were 3.08's for 88 and those are quite rare supposedly. Yah, either the awesome 3.8 or 5L chebby with the 200C as options for us Canucks, yikes.
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