You're wrong only in the name. It was called Dynaflow, and it was a continuously variable automatic. If memory serves me, it utilized torque converter multiplication to alter ratios. I think they had a lot of service problems with it. I suspect the converter action generated a lot of heat. But it was around for quite a few years until they adapted the corporate transmissions THM400 and THM350. Speaking of transmissions, the THM400 was licensed to Jaguar, and they continued to use it for quite a few years after GM had abandoned it. It was only a three-speed, but it was bullet proof behind anything less than 500 horsepower or so. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > David J Brooks > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 11:49 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list > > Now, if GM's Engineers could come up with a decent non clunking tranny > for their extebded cabs, my life would be a heck of a lot better.:-) > > You figure after building cars for what, 90-100 years,, some one would > come up with a keeper. > > > IIRC, back in the mid 1950's, Buick had a transmission called something like > "turboglide", that shifted without feeling or hearing it shift. I think it > failed because of the fact that you couldn't hear or feel a shift. > > I could very well be wrong in my recollection. > > Bill > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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