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CarlG · 04-28-2012, 01:33 AM

What are you calling 3rd gear? In an AA with a 4-speed transmission, 3rd is not "High" gear. It would be equivelant to 2nd in an A with a 3-speed transmission, notwithstanding the rear end ratios. Back in the '50s I had an AA 280A with a 4-speed transmission and on flat ground had no trouble cruising at 50-55 (in 4th gear). I was a teenager then so it was usually "pedal to the metal" wherever I went.

(Tom beat me to it!)

04-28-2012, 01:33 AM	#20
CarlG Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 9,116	Re: 1930 Model AA Cant Get Her Over 25 MPH What are you calling 3rd gear? In an AA with a 4-speed transmission, 3rd is not "High" gear. It would be equivelant to 2nd in an A with a 3-speed transmission, notwithstanding the rear end ratios. Back in the '50s I had an AA 280A with a 4-speed transmission and on flat ground had no trouble cruising at 50-55 (in 4th gear). I was a teenager then so it was usually "pedal to the metal" wherever I went. (Tom beat me to it!)