hello all,
accumulating parts for a swap and i'm looking for double overdrive transmissions. what's out there in a double over? 13 speed would probably be good enough for what I'm doing but more important is the size of the transmission (need to keep it compact / small). would appreciate ideas.
thanks
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Double overdrive transmissions
Discussion in 'Heavy Duty Diesel Truck Mechanics Forum' started by alfio, Dec 17, 2023.
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What’s it going in
most modern od 13 speed are double od
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It's going in a medium duty truck, prob International 4700 or a Ford, haven't decided the truck yet but it will be powered by an International DT360. I know what I'm planning would be ok with a .73 gear ratio, not sure how to figure out if a steeper overdrive would work or not.
Define 'modern'? What years am I looking for when I go to the truck yard?
Thanks
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If you’re going into what I would consider a 2 ton chassis you should be able to use anything you want as long as you can get an sae #1 bell for that dt360. I don’t think a #2 is available for many of the trannys that are common (yes I can find out but let’s narrow things a little more first). I am thinking late 80s to current when I say modern. To my knowledge all of the rtlo 1xx13b transmissions are a double od. And I would consider that to be a good choice. Unless you want to get into the smaller stuff like a 6610 or 6613 ( which won’t help) all of the 13 speeds rated for 1850 and less torque are for talking purposes the same size and shape. As far as the rto6610, it with a #2 housing was a very nice setup in my 3/4 ton idi ford pickup back in the day. Yes it fit with only a 2 inch body lift…if I had modified the firewall and front of the transmission tunnel it would’ve fit without the lift.
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ok just realized that we're also communicating about this on another forum (yes, the internet can be that small sometimes LOL). where is this truck, do you have a build thread or videos anywhere? sounds awesome.
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It’s sitting here at my shop in the middle of nowhere Illinois
Unfortunately the engine took a dump and it hasn’t been on the road in a while
I don’t believe there’s any pictures/vids on the internet. It was several phones ago so I will probably have to go take some. -
Pls do. It just so happens I have a perfectly good DT360 looking for a home, thinking about selling the Ford? LOL
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Check your PMs
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Still collecting info on double overdrive options. Needing to find a compact case with double overdrive - could be 9 speed, 10 speed, 13 speed, etc.
Thanks!
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