whats the difference between drive and over drive?

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whats the difference between drive and over drive?

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2007-03-24 03:29:51 · 3 answers · asked by Stormie k 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting

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Over drive is like having another gear, it drops the engine speed for better fuel economy, relaxed driving at higher speed and less engine wear.

2007-03-25 04:09:47 · answer #1 · answered by wheeler 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The ratio of the transmission. Drive is 1:1 and overdrive is more like .89:1. This means that the input shaft only turns a little over 7/8ths of a revolution while the output shaft makes one whole revolution. So you go further on less engine rpm's and you save gas.

2007-03-24 05:33:27 · answer #2 · answered by Fordman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Overdrive is simply a higher gear ratio than drive so that you can keep the engine speed low. Better gas mileage that way.

2007-03-24 03:51:09 · answer #3 · answered by timmn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋