My last car had a really weak OD gear, so I never used it when I was in the city driving (60-80 KM/H...36-48 MPH I think). I had OD die once, so I just stopped using it

With the 700R4 (I'm pretty sure that's what I have) should I use OD in my city driving? My driving isn't really rush hour/stop-n-go, since I'm in a small city...

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Trevor
87 Z28 - Carb'ed 305
Hedman Headers, Y-Pipe, Dynomax Exhaust, K&N Open Air Filter

 

Just leave it in OD, in Edmonton traffic your speed won't often get up high enough to even shift into 4th.

 

wrong post

[This message has been edited by Jza (edited July 08, 2001).]

 

The only benefit is that you will help the sprag out a little by keeping it from going in and out of O/D but since you are not really talking about allot of torque it won't really matter. If you have a high mileage car that has the original srag it would be a good idea though to keep it out of O/D until you need it and to manually downshift to D3 instead if a KD to keep the load off of this weak point in the 700.