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Muncie SM318 transmission — 3-speed transmission used from 1954 through 1969 in both passenger car and truck applications. Also found in wide and narrow ratio configurations. Muncie SM319 transmission — 3-speed transmission physically identical to the Muncie SM318, with an added Borg Warner overdrive unit.
A Regular Production Option (RPO) is a 3-digit standardized code used by General Motors to designate vehicle options & modifications. RPO codes designate how a vehicle is built, and they've been used on dealership order forms and in assembly plants since at least the 1950s (see Corvette C1).
All 8L transmissions are based on the same globally patented gearset concept as the ZF 8HP from 2008. While fully retaining the same gearset logic, they differ from this only in the patented [1] arrangement of the components with gearsets 1 and 3 swapped. [2] The 8L 90 is the first 8-speed automatic transmission built by General Motors.
The police package (9C1) B-body cars featured a First Gear Block Out (FGBO) Plate on the transmission housing to prevent drivetrain damage. The shift point for first to second gear is about 43 MPH (69 km/h) while second to third gear shift point is about 83 MPH (134 km/h) assuming a 3.08:1 differential and a 5,500 RPM engine speed limit.
6L90-E transmission: 1953: 2010: Original equipment came from destroyed Detroit Transmission plant in Livonia in 1953; began as the Ford B-24 Liberator bomber plant in World War II which opened in 1941, grew from 3,500,000 square feet to nearly 5 million square feet under GM. Ford built the factory and sold it to the US government, which leased ...
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a lower court judge had discretion to let drivers sue in groups over Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC vehicles equipped with 8L45 or 8L90 eight-speed ...
The Hydra-Matic 6T40 and similar 6T30, 6T45, and 6T50 are transversely-mounted six speed automatic transmissions produced by General Motors.The 6T40, referred to in GM inner circles as the GF6, made its debut in the 2008 Chevrolet Malibu, available with the 2.4 L LE5 Ecotec engine making 164 horsepower (122 kW), and has since also been made available on the Chevrolet Cruze, Daewoo Tosca and ...
The Synchro-mesh 465 or SM465 is a heavy-duty, four-speed manual transmission built by General Motors for use in light and medium duty trucks from 1968 to 1991 at the factory in Muncie, Indiana; it was designed to replace the somewhat similar Muncie SM420 transmission, which had been in production since just after World War II.