I have a '68 Chevy II with a straight 6, 230. It has a Torque-Drive tranny, and I can't seem to find anyone who knows anything about them. Does anyone know if or where I can get a re-build kit for it? I'm considering beefing up my 230, but I'm not sure how much power the torque-drive can handle. Can anyone help?
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A torque-drive is a powerglide that you have to shift yourself. I had one in a 69 Acadian (A canadian version of a Nova). I can't imagine there being too many experts on these, mine was the only one I ever saw. Anytime I told people I had to shift my automatic myself, the just thought I was some kind of nut who was too cheap to get my trans fixed! I always assumed that internally they were the same as a glide without any of the shifting 'stuff' in the valve body.
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Many years ago, I used to do alot of Powerglides. Never saw or even heard of a Torque Drive. Atleast not that I can remember.
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in 3 decades I think I have seen 3 torque drives.
stu...... many folks post the same question on several sites. I am sure you know this. What gripes my butt is when someone takes my tranny answer to a different bbs and starts a thread title about my answer.........titled : " is this correct information? " , then they post my answer to see how things fly
We had an old tranny dropped off today...... the sales guys are lookin at it and asking : "what is it?" ......... I respond "It's a medium case cast-iron cruise-O for an FE ford engine.
I heard about 3 people say ; "huh?".... dang kids LOL
An interesting deal is I still have an original / unused TransGo shift kit for a cast-iron cruise-O on my shelf at home.
in 3 decades I think I have seen 3 torque drives.
stu...... many folks post the same question on several sites. I am sure you know this. What gripes my butt is when someone takes my tranny answer to a different bbs and starts a thread title about my answer.........titled : " is this correct information? " , then they post my answer to see how things fly
We had an old tranny dropped off today...... the sales guys are lookin at it and asking : "what is it?" ......... I respond "It's a medium case cast-iron cruise-O for an FE ford engine.
I heard about 3 people say ; "huh?".... dang kids LOL
An interesting deal is I still have an original / unused TransGo shift kit for a cast-iron cruise-O on my shelf at home.
stu said:
That's because up untill yesterday, no one offered this "Bozo" an answer, which is why I had to post on another bbs.
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"stu...... many folks post the same question on several sites. I am sure you know this. What gripes my butt is when someone takes my tranny answer to a different bbs and starts a thread title about my answer.........titled : " is this correct information? " , then they post my answer to see how things fly"
I'm not one of those someones...I simply posted my question somewhere else in hopes of finding some answers
chv4me said:
Anytime I went to a tranny shop, I got the same responses...pretty frustrating. And no one could tell me if parts were interchangable because they had never heard of a TD. At one point I actually started believing they were right (that the tranny WAS suppose to shift by itself).
A Torque Drive is a PowerGlide with no shift controls.
You were told this in an earlier reponse.
There is no governor and the shift valves have been removed from the valve body.
A PowerGlide rebuild kit will fit just fine.
With the exception of the valve body gaskets.
I don't know what else you want unless it's for someone to come to your place and rebuild it for you.
You were told this in an earlier reponse.
There is no governor and the shift valves have been removed from the valve body.
A PowerGlide rebuild kit will fit just fine.
With the exception of the valve body gaskets.
I don't know what else you want unless it's for someone to come to your place and rebuild it for you.
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