<VV> Thrown Belt

[Hugo Miller]

Fair enough, but the powerglide sort of slides between gears with
the torque converter bridging the gap. Brilliantly simple and effective
transmission with only two gears - only one in fact, as high would be
direct I guess. Simplicity is a virtue. Mind you, I once owned a
Kenworth truck with a thirteen speed transmission and that was a lot of
fun also. 

On 14.10.2024 05:37, corvairduval wrote: 

> So the
Powerglide does not change gears? That was my point. 
> Just a little
humor that all Corvairs have gear boxes, not just the human shifted
ones. 
> Frank DuVal 
> 
> On Sunday, October 13, 2024 at 05:48:10 PM
EDT, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairswrote: 
> 
> That is not quite correct
- the torque converter performs a large
> part of the variable
transmission. Without it you'd have a massive jolt
> from low to high
and vice versa - the torque converter bridges the gap
> in ratios.