I know they were concerned about strength when they were designing the MGC
and they went into it with the intention of racing, and had to homologate the
cars with the same diff they'd use in street versions. From their experience
with the Healey 3000 Rally cars that was the heavier C series axle. The
Salisbury axle is the compromise and not a bad one, although heavier than
necessary for the MGB (which is why I stayed with the early banjo style on the
Jamaican.
Bill
In a message dated 1/30/2008 2:46:05 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
doddk@mossmotors.com writes:
The heavier 4 synch. trans. and Salisbury diff. did come out about the same
time as the MGC was in development, so chances are that program got us a lot
more heavy duty bits than we give credit to. Certainly both assemblies took
the MGB from being a nice but slightly fragile car to being bullet proof.
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