Thread: 87 rangie where to start

So if I find a box what would it cost to fit and as for transfers where there different ratios for different gearboxes like torque flight etc

Originally Posted by disco dan

So if I find a box what would it cost to fit and as for transfers where there different ratios for different gearboxes like torque flight etc

Have you ever driven anything with a torque flight fitted? I'm thinking of a big tin snail crawling up the roads unless it's also fitted with a minimum of a healthy small block chev. The wheezy 3.5 bolted upto a torque flight is going to be sooooo slllloooowwwwwww......

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Shane l.

Haha yeah I had a rangie blue one with a 4.6 with one bolted to it and it was fine. Apparently if the transfer is a 1-1 ratio they are great. Or something like that either way a disco auto is fine

So I found a 90 model but noticed they don't have centre diff lock. Is it easy to just swap over transfers as this one is nicer inside and lower Klm so gear Box is nice

Originally Posted by disco dan

So probably best to change to an auto then. I have been told the old torque flight was the best one

For strength the TF/727 is excellent BUT as mentioned they will sap takeoff power big time.

I have an 84/3.5 with a Torqueflite and even when it was in good nick engine wise the only way to make it "go" was to manually row through the gears as the Rover V8's just dont make enough torque to drive the auto and haul the weight of the Rangie.

The 4 speed Auto's were much much more drivable and the only reason I kept the TF box was for towing heavy loads long distance and again I manually shifted the box all the time.