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[datzenmike]

I remember seeing a Tornado in '67? I was in high school. A neighbor 4-5 blocks away got it and drove it up our street, and I can still see it. It was a wine or burgundy color and was the most beautiful car I had ever seen. It was everything all other cars weren't yet not over the top ugly or too futuristic.

 

[I'm BLUE]

I have only seen 1 Tornado in person. I honestly still don't know how I feel about it to this day lol.

 

I am still fascinated with the "push-link" drive system connecting the engine to the transmission !

[ggzilla]

Jay Leno has one of the first year.

 

 

 

The Eldorado was more elegant looking. 500 cubic inch stocker in the later ones.

[motavated]

There is one in the ecology pick you part in wilmington cali. was there on thurday...

[TENDRIL]

any vids? :sneaky:

[TENDRIL]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1yVheFcK04

[DRIVEN]

I am still fascinated with the "push-link" drive system connecting the engine to the transmission !

Dude, you're over-thinking this one. It's not too different (the link portion anyway) from many transverse mounted transaxles in design. This particular one is basically a TH400 with a chain drive so it can make a 180*. The differential is attached to the very end.

 

Added side note: Several motorhomes from the 70s and 80s used this as their drivetrain too.

[TENDRIL]

^^ FF to 2:15

[ggzilla]

You are underthinking it -- it's quite a bit different than most transaxles. Few use a chain and none used a push-link, this was a GM first. Look up the push-link technology.

[DRIVEN]

Are you just trying to mess with me? Every GM transaxle I can think of is chain drive. The only real difference in the TH425/TH325 family was the diffential being at the end which was necessary due to longitudinal engine layout. Even all the transverse transaxles are use a chain. Of course the differential design is different. So, while it may have been a GM first, I wouldn't call it unique.

[ggzilla]

Yes, GM transaxles because GM invented it in the Toronado -- but it's not technically correct to call it a chain.

 

Most transaxles use geared input drive.

[I'm BLUE]

 

Dude, you're over-thinking this one. It's not too different (the link portion anyway) from many transverse mounted transaxles in design. This particular one is basically a TH400 with a chain drive so it can make a 180*. The differential is attached to the very end.

 

Added side note: Several motorhomes from the 70s and 80s used this as their drivetrain too.

 

I guess I am overthinking it lol. I've never worked on a push-link/chain drive system or a motorhome (other than a little bit of wiring). I am a noob to these even though its old technology Haha.

 

Thanks for info ggzilla and Driven.

[DRIVEN]

Right, most non-GM transaxles use gears. However, if you showed a "push-link" to anyone working in a transmission shop and asked them what it was, 99.8% would probably call it a chain. I guess if you want to get hung up on semantics you can expect a technical grammar trophy in the mail within 7-10 business days.