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Author:  farmtruck [ Tue Aug 14, 2018 1:53 pm ]
Post subject:  T85N to Slant
I was at a family reunion and of course ended up chatting with the only other person there who was a gearhead/engineer like myself. The conversation turned to old cars and he started to describe a 3-on-the-tree 3-speed manual that had a sorta-automatic 2-speed overdrive behind it. I did some searching, and sure enough, he was describing the Borg Warner T85N. I'm a sucker for nostalgia, so I just love a column shifted 3-speed manual, but the A745 (petty sure anyways) in there isn't going to cut it for the land speed attempts I have planned. The .70/.72 overdrive on the Borg Warner R-10/R-11, however, would be about exactly what I need. I know they installed the T85N in Ford trucks, and in some Mopars, but I'm not sure it ever went behind a slant. Does anyone have experience with that transmission? I know I'm crazy, but I've learned to embrace it. :lol:
Author:  Joshie225 [ Tue Aug 14, 2018 5:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: T85N to Slant
User KenUSA used an older overdrive in his 1960 Dart. I'm not immediately finding his installation thread, but you can search his posts and find it.
Author:  kesteb [ Tue Aug 14, 2018 7:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: T85N to Slant
Many years ago, somebody posted on moparts how he mounted the BW overdrive to a A833. It wasn't easy. On the otherhand apparently the overdrive on the Saginaw 3 speed bolts onto the Saginaw 4 speed. Just a thought.
Author:  farmtruck [ Mon Aug 27, 2018 1:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: T85N to Slant
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Many years ago, somebody posted on moparts how he mounted the BW overdrive to a A833. It wasn't easy. On the otherhand apparently the overdrive on the Saginaw 3 speed bolts onto the Saginaw 4 speed. Just a thought.
Thanks! I really want to keep the three-on-the-tree though, so that kinda rules out 4-speeds. I wish I could get some pictures of a Mopar T85 though - or an application that used a slant six and a T85N. I did find a handful of Ford T85Ns listed on Car-Part.com . . .
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