View Single Post
  #13 (permalink)  
Old 10-04-2011, 10:21 PM
xb-60's Avatar
xb-60 xb-60 is offline
CC Member
Visit my Photo Gallery

 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Adelaide, SA
Cobra Make, Engine: AP 289FIA 'English' spec.
Posts: 13,152
Not Ranked     
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by j jones View Post
The "Toploader" 4 speed was a Borg-Warner design.
Tremec bought Borg-Warners transmission designs. The Tremec T-600 (and others) are the continuation of the "Top-Loaders".
The T-600 is a good transmission, and capable of handling the power and torque of the Big-Block FE engines. Five gears make a big improvement over the Toploader's 4.
Hi again Mr Jones!
I don't know much about the lineage here. The Toploader is a Ford gearbox. So Ford acquired the design from B-W? And the T-600 is a Toploader with a significant makeover? And further, the four speed Kar Kraft gearbox used in the Ford GT40 MkII was a development of the Toploader as well, yes? Any other re-incarnations of the Toploader out there?
Cheers,
Glen
Reply With Quote