Believe it or not, I once owned a bone stock 57 chevy with a 283 that had a dynaflow.... talk about a gas hog.....
I remember, reading a post of yours, about that. I didn't know about that before you told of it. Wonder if any of those are left? Our Roadmaster does OK on the highway. When we drove it to Minneapolis (1980); the further north we went, the better the mileage. The Dynaflow liked the flat lands of Minnesota, best! By the time we got to Minneapolis, it was getting 22mpg. Not, so good, on the hills around home, though. After the fire in the Hydramatic plant (1953?). Some Cadillacs got Dynaflows. The Dynaflows didn't like the open driveshafts of the Cadillacs, though. Also, Some Chevy trucks (1956?-1957?) got nailhead 322's. I've yet to see any of those.....,
take 2 clear glass containers,,,, set them side by side,,,, pour atf in one and Marvel mystery oil in the other... then take a hard look at them.....:Brow: :Brow:
GM had a major fire in the Hydra-Matic plant in the early '50s. As GM was desperate for automatic transmissions, Dynaflows found their way into a lot of GM cars where you wouldn't expect them. An old friend had an Oldsmobile with a Dynaflow. I have heard of Pontiacs with them too. BTW: I have seen heavy mid-50s GMC trucks with 322s. Even GM knew that for this gas application, they needed a torque monster. This was discussed on another thread recently.
