There is a chap in Ottawa that sells the 3.07 ratio crown wheel and
pinion gears as used in MGCs. I swapped my MG rear axle out to this
ratio and everything is fine!
At 12:46 PM 14/11/2007, Wm. Severin Thompson wrote:
>I'm primarily interested in interchangeability of the rear gear itself. It's
>common on a big Healey to swap out the standard gear on an overdrive car
>with the 3.54 gear of a non-overdrive car... dropping the revs further at
>highway speeds.
>
>Anyone add the 3.07 automatic gear to an overdrive GT?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dodd, Kelvin [mailto:doddk@mossmotors.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 11:34 AM
>To: Wm. Severin Thompson; mgs@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: [Mgs] MGC rear axle
>
>In 8 minutes you managed to confuse the heck out of me.
>
>The MGC rear axle design as some other nice people have mentioned is the
>same type as the MGB.
>
>The brake assemblies and hubs are unique to the MGC as is the pinion
>flange. The MGC uses wider brake drums and the hubs are set up for 5
>mounting bolts rather than 4. The pinion flange matches the heavier duty
>drive shaft which uses the bigger U joints (typically found on TR3-6
>etc).
>
>If you strip the brakes, hubs and pinion flange the remaining axle
>assembly is interchangable between the MGB and MGC.
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Barrie
Barrie Robinson
barrie@look.ca
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/BarrieRobinson.htm
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