The Ford Barn - View Single Post - Volvo vs. Mitchell Over-Drive

JohnLaVoy · 06-05-2016, 07:58 AM

We did a comparison of the various overdrives available several years ago. Each had some pluses and minuses. The Mitchell was what we decided to use on the sedan because of the ability to split gears while climbing a hill and have loved it. The volvo and borg warner overdrives will give you an overdrive but the downside they are used parts and old while the Mitchell is new. when we put the automatic transmission with the overdrive in the roadster pickup that was a whole different thing. But is taking some getting use to. Going back to why a Mitchell, all new the others all rely on the person building it and making sure the drive line is still true once it is finished.

06-05-2016, 07:58 AM	#7
JohnLaVoy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Rocklin, CA Posts: 779	Re: Volvo vs. Mitchell Over-Drive - who has what? We did a comparison of the various overdrives available several years ago. Each had some pluses and minuses. The Mitchell was what we decided to use on the sedan because of the ability to split gears while climbing a hill and have loved it. The volvo and borg warner overdrives will give you an overdrive but the downside they are used parts and old while the Mitchell is new. when we put the automatic transmission with the overdrive in the roadster pickup that was a whole different thing. But is taking some getting use to. Going back to why a Mitchell, all new the others all rely on the person building it and making sure the drive line is still true once it is finished.