> I asked this question about 2 months ago or so and I don't recall ever >getting a response. I am new to busses. I have a 66 that I bought which >I still need to go pick up and bring home. I remember though, that by >looking underneath, it had the reduction boxes on it. Now I hear about >these IRS conversions that in effect, remove the boxes, but doesn't that >take away the mechanical advantage? I would tend to think that it would >make the engine work harder to move the bus along. Thanks for any input >in this regard... I don't think you really need to worry about losing the mechanical advantage, unless you are running a 25hp or 36 hp motor. People tell me they get much better driveability out of their busses when converted to IRS - lower engine speeds for one... Thom Fitzpatrick thom@calweb.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom Keeper of the Barndoor Bus Web Page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
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