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Re: Diffs and Wheels

To: Bob Lang <LANG@isis.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: Diffs and Wheels
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 10:43:36 -0500 (EST)
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Bob Lang wrote:

> The GT6 had several ratios - 3.27 and 3.89 included. If you have a higher 
> ratio, it is likely out of one of the other Herald derivatives. Spitfires 
> had 4.10 gears on some of the earlier cars, for example. However, Andy 
> Mace would be the authority on what ratios would be available.

Whether they'll all fit all diff's, I'm not sure, but the "Small Cars" 
used, at various times:

3.27 GT6
3.63 Spit 1500 UK
3.89 Spit Mk.IV (and 1500 USA), also some OD-equipped GT6s
4.11 Herald, early Spit, early Vitesse/Sports 6
4.55 Herald 948 twin-carb, also Triumph (Standard) 10, in solid rear axle
4.875 Herald 948 single carb
5.143 (gasp! That was "special order only" for Heralds)

I think that's all of them, unless the early TR7s had yet another ratio, 
such as 3.45(?) -- again, it was the same center section, more or less.

--Andy

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