Overdrive baby! (1 Viewer)

[okie]

whats the cheapest best way to get an overdrive on a 77 2f in an fj40? Long term perposes also. what are my choices and how much are we talkin about here?

 

[Poser]

35" tires...

 

[metalonmetal]

i'm runnin 35" tires with stock gears on my 77, overdrive is RIGHT. so far i'm diggin it.

 

[Living in the Past]

I paid $200 for a Fairey overdrive. But they are hard to come by. I can choose when I want overdrive which is one problem with tires.


John

 

[HawkDriver]

35" tires...

I concur...

 

[IDave]

Okie, I don't understand why, if you are trying to make a safe, well running daily driver within a budget of $5000, you are worried about upgraded transmissions.

 

[FJ40Jim]

whats the cheapest best way to get an overdrive on a 77 2f in an fj40? Long term perposes also. what are my choices and how much are we talkin about here?

Find someone who wants to put 4.11 gears in their 79-newer Cruiser and trade diffs w/ them.
You would get 3.70 gears almost free!

Free is a good thing.

 

[66fj40x2]

Find someone who wants to put 4.11 gears in their 79-newer Cruiser and trade diffs w/ them.
You would get 3.70 gears almost free!

Free is a good thing.

I'm putting 3.73's in my daughter's daily driver from a 60 series .... got a smoke'n deal on the axles too

 

[65swb45]

Find someone who wants to put 4.11 gears in their 79-newer Cruiser and trade diffs w/ them.
You would get 3.70 gears almost free!

Free is a good thing.

Second that plan. If you find you've lost too much of the bottom end, you can swap in an h41 which will more than make up for it.

 

[ranger]

I recently picked up a fairey over drive, 4 speed xfer and tranny. All bolted together and reday to swap. It going in the FJ55 as soon as I finish all the rust repairs.........Will see how it works.
I think Marks 4wd Adapter makes an overdrive, but form what I understand it pretty spendy.

 

[LIVERUST]

I recently picked up a fairey over drive, 4 speed xfer and tranny. All bolted together and reday to swap. It going in the FJ55 as soon as I finish all the rust repairs.........Will see how it works.
I think Marks 4wd Adapter makes an overdrive, but form what I understand it pretty spendy.

I didn't think the Fairey would work with the 4 speed. Good to know. I really liked mine when I had my old 3 speed. Pulled it all to go SM465 last year.

troy

 

[dgangle]

How about a Mexican overdrive? This way you can get the best gas milage possible. Can get kinda hard to steer and stop but one hasta sacrifice something, right?

couldn't resist. LMAO

 

[projektdotnet]

My grandpa suggested a bolt-on OD for Freeway (T-Case 2H) Don't remember where though

 

[orangefj45]

3.70 gears........

 

[vt78cruiser]

Of course there's always the 5spd option. NV4500 or the toyota H55. Both are kinda expensive conversions, but so is overdrive.

 

[Pin_Head]

35" tires...

X4

35 inch tires with 4.11 gears is Oklahoma overdrive.

Mexican overdrive is something else.

 

[B6i6K6e6R6b6O6y]

Mexican overdrive is something else.

so what is mexican overdrive?

 

[mikruiser]

it's neutral going down hill

 

[ajfriz]

v8 it and change the transmission to something with overdrive. I went with a 5.0 with a built aod and it was cheaper to build the aod than buying most aftermarket overdrives.

 

[orangefj45]

i don't think a complete V8 swap is in rachel's budget right now.