In a message dated 03/08/00 12:03:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
owner-mgs-digest@autox.team.net writes:
> I have a question. Is the Magnette differential the same as the MG A-or B?
> And are the axle shaftss the same diameter as the A's &B's? The reason I
ask
> is that the early Elva Couriers had third members from a Riley (or maybe an
> Austin A40 0r 50 or something) that used the series A differential (sprite
> size) but were wider than the MG units.
The diff is wider, wheel to wheel than the diffs found in the sports cars,
but does take the same third member etc.
Elva Couriers had A series diffs, out of a Riley 1.5 I think, which, like the
Magnette, is wider than the spridget. A friend has used a spridget rear end,
so the difference can't be that much. They also had a substitute B series
axle homologated for SCCA racing (because the A series almost always
self-destructed), which if fitted, left you in the rather inconvenient
situation of having different bolt patterns front and rear - I think the
Sprite is 4 1/4" as opposed to the 4 1/2" of the B series (and forget the
Spitfire - it is something like 3 3/4", or something oddball and unique to
itself).
Bill S.
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