Phil Bates wrote:
>
> >miker15@juno.com wrote:
> >>
> >> 1)forget the o/d on 3rd - its basically about the same ratio as 4th
> >
> >More like midway on mine. Clausager says 3rd - 5.402, 3rd o/d - 4.429, 4th
> - 3.909, 4th
> >o/d 3.205. OK, not midway, but nearer midway than 4th.
> >
> >PaulH.
>
> I think it must depend on the trans. My '67 with a 3 synchro trans and
> overdrive has pretty much the same 4th and 3od ratios. Maybe 100rpm
> difference, but not much more.
Yerite - the 3-synchro box and D-type O/D (0.802:1 as opposed to 0.82:1 for the
LH)
does indeed give 1.101:1 for 3rd O/D.
PaulH.
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