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: What's an A230 3 speed and where can I get one?
: The 3 speed I have now reluctantly will
: allow a down shift. An it protests when
: power-shifting.
: The 3 speed I have now reluctantly will
: allow a down shift. An it protests when
: power-shifting.
The A-230 is the full syncro 3-speed, it is alot like the 833 4-speed in design and is a much stronger unit then the "top loader" A903 unit it eventually replaced. These 3-speeds were offered starting in 1970 and all have a "slip yoke" out the tail. (it was never offered with the Ball & Trunion flange)
The cool thing with an A230 is that it will swap onto the same bellhousing as the A903. You can run a colume shift down to it and not cut-up your car's floor. (although the factory put floorshifters on most A230 set-ups) The syncro stop ring design used in the A230 and 833 work much better then the stepped pins and cone syncro system used in the 903.
One interesting trick you can do if you are ever rebuilding an A230 is to machine the gear cone & syncro collar on the reverse gear and install a syncronizer ring in that position, now you have a true, full syncro trans. with a syncro reverse! No more "ratta-tat-tat-clunk" as you grab for reverse gear.
For your B-Body car, you need to find an A230 with the B&E Body tail housing (with the two shifter mounting places) as shown below.
DD
