matt matthews wrote:
> Thanks for all the info
>
> but
>
> The rules allow me any rear end ratio. The limitation is they need to fit
> inside the standard housing. As you all point out they did not make
> something close to 3.4 just 3.24 and 2.63 as the closest. I can just turn
> 7000 Counterclockwise with the 3.2 depending on my skill on the corner
> entering the main straight. I would like a little more torque but the 3.63
> is not right either.
> I was thinking of trying to find a ring and pinion form some other not
> triumph car that had a ratio near 3.4 and modify it so it would fit inside
> the spitfire housing and onto the spitfire carrier.
>
> The year of my spitfire is questionable since most of it is not spitfire
> anyway, a lot of GT-6, some ford, some chevy, some volkswagon some
> aftermarket etc. It is a squaretail in body style. Whatever the rules allow.
> I have about 10-15 rear ends in most of the ratios mentioned.
I recall someone from GB saying that the factory competitions department had a
few 3.45:1 gear sets for the GT6 diff,
but I doubt they are available today.
Why not just reduce the tire circumference? A five percent reduction in the
rolling circumference makes a 3.27 about a
3.4. Alternatively, a five percent increase in rolling circumference makes a
3.63 effectively a 3.45.
Cheers.
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Michael D. Porter
Roswell, NM
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