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Subject:Re: TIICO Automatic Transmission
From:Dennis
Date:Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:54:50 -0500

No worries Ben :-)

BTW, I'd take a little less off the small weight next time around.  It runs
to 6000rpm at full throttle, which the engine is very happy with, however I
have visions of the automatic trans cooler self destructing at that
pressure.  Also, if I "floor it" in 3rd at say 80km/h, it will upshift and
scare the crap out of my passengers. :-()  Due to limited travel of the
throttle cable, full throttle also engages the tranny kick down switch,
which is not ideal but easy to manage.  It wasn't a big enough issue to
warrant modifying the linkage for more travel.

Perhaps a safer target would be 5500rpm for max rpm.  If in doubt, leave
the small weight alone, and set up the low speed (larger) fly weight.  That
modification should be part of every I4 gas conversion.

Now that the snow is melting away, I'm looking forward to pulling "The
Grape" out of storage for a summer of trouble free motoring. (ha ha ha ha)
In fairness to the van, other than a rebuild shop that couldn't rebuild the
starter properly in four tries, and some minor hose clamp leaks, it's been
perfect since the conversion.

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