Right you are...Dynaflow was a Buick transmission. My '48 Roadmaster used it. TurboGlide and PowerGlide were, I think, '50's Chevrolet designations, but you could feel their shift points.
-p [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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. > > -- 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.
