Mazda 4 Door Longbed on 20's

Sorry to disappoint you.... But I'm building this truck to cruise not to keep changing gears. I'll leave the changing gears to my Tow Pig (06 Dodge 3500 Mega Cab Dually 6 speed).

Looking good chuck! Cant wait to see more progress man!

Hey Chuck, are you using the OM617 or the OM602? Also what trans are you using? I forget what your donor vehicle was.

Only one long distance show for me this year but i would like to hit a texas show one of these years when the mazda is actually done.

Wasting so much money on going to shows with an unfinished truck. Takes away from the truck funds ya dig?

Wish we had the shows you guys have down there some day will get down there and just take 5 months to see how many shows we can get to LOL

The Mercedes is the OM617 and a GM 700R4 tranny.

I hear ya!!

Hahahah! Yeah, seen that too! Gotta love that.

How were you going to control the upshift with the GM trans? On the Mercedes setup it used a modulator (same) and the bowen cable. Does this get incorporated with the GM trans somehow?

Shifts in the 700r4 are determined by fluid pressure and governor operation(output shaft RPM).
It also has a cable that controls line pressure, which is meant to be connected to the throttle, and should be pulled tight at WOT.