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i've always been a Ford truck fan. This thing just looks cool as hell but i highly doubt that we ever see these in production. The trans and engine i'm sure will be out sooner or later.
Ok i want one of these...
I know what you mean Tony. E4OD was a damn good tranny actually. It just wasn't designed to be behind the Powerstroke. the 4R100 is a tough one still not enough for the Powerstroke though. A lot of the problems people have with them though is the fact they are idiots with a Auto transmission. They think cause its a auto it ok to jump in and hit drive and go. Well it is unless your pulling stuff and making the torque of the motor really work the tranny over good. My dad's buddy went through 2 E4OD's in his 95 F250. My dad road with him one day when he was pulling a trailer with a load. Gross weight of truck and trailer was 22000 lbs. He put it in OD and let it go. Never bothered to downshift it when he hit a hill, he let the tranny take care of it. He got about 80k out of each tranny before they were shot. Its been proven that even with a Auto trans when its pulling you can seriously prolong the life of it by shifting down manually rather than having the trans do it itself.
IMO the thing that would save the E4OD/4R100 more than anything would be to change the default OD switch setting to "Off" when the key is cycled, not "On".
In the "On" position the transmission transfers all the torque through the overdrive sprag which only has about 2 square inches of surface holding area. In the "Off" setting the coast clutches are applied taking the load off the sprag.
But other inherent problems have plagued the transmission as well. Some of which have been addressed by Ford and others that still have not been remedied.
Though you are right, it was never designed to handle the load demands of the Powerstroke. But even the standards have had their shortcomings behind that engine. I've seen many a grown man cry when faced with the cost of replacing those dual mass flywheels.
In the "On" position the transmission transfers all the torque through the overdrive sprag which only has about 2 square inches of surface holding area. In the "Off" setting the coast clutches are applied taking the load off the sprag.
But other inherent problems have plagued the transmission as well. Some of which have been addressed by Ford and others that still have not been remedied.
Though you are right, it was never designed to handle the load demands of the Powerstroke. But even the standards have had their shortcomings behind that engine. I've seen many a grown man cry when faced with the cost of replacing those dual mass flywheels.
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[/align]ya ford had their head up their ass with those flywheels... one of the guys at work has a 97 f250... bought it used 8 months ago had 110 thousand but for a diesel thats just broken in... 3 months later he heard this rattling under it. push the clutch in it stopped. thought it was teh throw out bearing but those make their noise when the clutch is engaged... was that damn flywheel and those nylon pieces in there... cost 1300 bucks for new flywheel clutch pressure plate and throwout bearing... he found a place nearby that makes a kit so you can use the 99 and newer clutch assembly. cost for that was 950 bucks but a lot better than 1300
I had this ideal like 3 years ago... All LED lights on a car. I still want to do it to the wagon. At least the tail and turn signals. Make them flash in sequence or pattern for when turning.
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