For many of us driving older cars, referred to as ‘clunkers’, is how we get around. The fact that a lot of these cars are US government property now (C4C), thus depriving the folks who can afford a new car or get credit for new car is a step in the wrong direction for them. A lot of the parts they might purchase cheap at a salvage yard will cost more. Transmissions, for instance will go up in price.
The bright side to this is that a lot of cars came equipped with 3 speed automatic transmissions and, non overdrive manual transmissions can have an overdrive transmission easily installed. I’m going to stick with automatic transmissions of the overdrive nature, not manual transmissions in this post. Transplanting an overdrive transmission to replace a worn out non overdrive transmission is not as big of a deal in most cases as one might think. Warning: Let a qualified professional do it.
The payoff will be from 3 to 6 miles per gallon difference. Which is quite significant in any case, and a real bonus for the folks who literally did not or could not buy into the cash for clunkers program and have to keep their ‘clunkers’. BTY: I have an immaculate collectible 1988 GMC truck, I don’t like the word clunker, it is insulting to purveyors of clunkers.
I already have written about “my engine plan” for improving fuel mileage and performance in several articles at this URL http://www.gotengines.com copy and paste the URL and read “My Plan”.
I have the most experience with General Motors products when it comes to transmission swapping. But being in the transmission business for over 30 years, I know that many other large engine American Clunkers can be upgraded too, from a 3 speed automatic transmission to an overdrive transmission with factory parts. Factory parts makes these transplants direct bolt ins.
In essence if the government plan included credits for people who can’t afford a loan payment on a new car, don’t qualify for a loan or don’t want a new car, I have the plan.
For qualified clunker owners that fit the above description, the government should issue credit vouchers up to 4500 dollars. This way the people can take the car to a qualified transmission shop and buy an overdrive transmission and have the shop install it properly with factory parts.
First off, it should not even cost half of the 4500 dollars to perform this operation, and look at the savings in fuel I mentioned, 3 to 6 miles per gallon.
Another excellent side effect is that since the engine turns slower in a car with an overdrive transmission ( slower turning engines get better mileage), your engine lasts longer too. So, please take my advise, if you have a clunker and want to keep it, or simply modernize it with a newer automatic overdrive transmission, trust me, GotTransmissions.com has what you need in stock at affordable pricing. Call @ 866-320-1182.
For anyone interested in the other parts that are needed for a transplant, before I write a post on it, feel free to ask me in the comment box.
