Phil,
You are describing my car to a "T", which has the original 2.88:1 rear
axle and a Mk II wide ratio gearbox. Great performance in the lower
gears, with the stock top gear that gives 72 mph at 3,000 rpm with
165Rx13 Michelin tires.
Use the Bob Hokanson transmission calculator download on TigersUnited.com:
http://www.tigersunited.com/techtips/HokansonGearSpeedXL/pt-HokansonGearSpeedXL.asp
Steve Laifman
PhastPhill@aol.com wrote:
>Well after the week I have had my lady and I are relaxing, and into our
>second bottle of fine Australian wine....I used to live at the bottom of the
>Barrosa valley and have a few stashed away. Question, after driving my new to
>me
>tiger....80 miles an hour or 130 kms which the rest of us use, seems to be
>close to 4000 rpms. Now I have not done the tire to driveshaft check
>yet....maybe mon... but does this seem high to the rest of you? This is the
>speed you
>have to do to drive the 400 series hwys' around Toronto the armpit of
>ontario.
>I DO NOT need more acceleration, this thing lites the tires up at every
>chance. I also want to keep it close to orginial. If I have a 2.88 what do I
>do?
>I want to do appox 3000rpm or less at 120 kms....70mph.. and I do not want
>to change to a 5 speed..just having a bit of a whinge here but we want to
>travel in this car. Anyway next weeks main project is to get a safety check
>done
>and plate the car so it's legal
>
>
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Steve Laifman
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