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Makes perfect sense when you look at all sides. Thanks for the information. Don

On the Velvet drive or any transmission, if the ratio is say 1.57 to 1 does that mean that the engine turns 1.57 to each 1 at the prop or is it the other way? Would a different ratio be more efficent and thus get better fuel economy? I realize that something would be lost but with todays fuel...

Forgot to mention the engines are Chrysler 318's Thanks, Captain Don

I have a 1977 Trojan F32 that I am restoring. I have ended up with three engines to work with. ( two standard and one counter rotation) I have two engine/transmission housings but both came from the standard rotation engines. Will one of the housings work on the counter rotation engine? I am...

engine info Have Chrysler 318s with velvet drives

Hello, new menber Captain Don here. I am restoring a 32 ft Trojan and have some questions and will surely have more. Looking forward to the information you all can give me now and later. First I need to know does a port engine always turn counter clockwise or is this achieved by reverseing the...