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Old 05-06-2019, 06:28 PM   #24
rotorwrench
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Default Re: Lincoln ECU Alternate Transmission Options

Most of the 1992 models changed to the AOD-E which is electric controlled so just about any Ford, Mercury, or Lincoln car/light truck from 1980 thru 1991 may have a plain old AOD transmission depending on the engine package. Some of the ones made later were still AOD but I can't tell you for certain which ones and they aren't any better than the earlier models back to 88 or so. I think the Lincoln car change was made in 1991 for the 1992 model year so they may be electric only. The AOD-E was made to be stronger and they have the heavy duty band and drum improvements but they have to have the electric controller to make them work. A lot of AOD-E internals will fit into an older AOD case and still work as one but a person needs an experienced builder to do mods like that. It has to work off throttle valve controlled hydraulics to be a true AOD. Electric controllers are available but I can't tell you what quality they might be.

There is a lot of stuff done with AODs to beef them up but not all are good for mileage makers. An example is the solid input drive mod that eliminates the lock up in OD. It uses a solid one piece input and a C6 converter that is non-lockup. This makes for a heavy duty overdrive but it loses efficiency without the lock up in OD. They will take a lot of horse power but not so good on mileage. Monster and a few others will sell them this way so you have to know what you are getting. They are more expensive too plus I don't know what all else they do to them. They don't exactly tell you either.

This wiki lists applications but I don't know how accurate they are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_AOD_transmission

This should also be some good info:
http://www.mustangandfords.com/how-t...t-aod-aodetail

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