Reply to: RE>close ratio ford box
Howdy Marc, All.
Marc wrote:
> Aside from Quaiffe and Leeson internals, does anyone know a source for
> non-straight cut close ratio gear sets to fit the Ford 3 rail box, as =
fitted to
> Elans, Cortinas and 7s?
Dunno about helical cut gears specifically. (Marc, is this for a road =
car? If
so, disregard the following, because I assume you are inquiring about dog =
'boxes.) Another source of Ford 3 rail close ratio widgets, is Jack =
Knight.
Todd Gerstenberger has a *5-speed* 3 rail Jack Knight dog 'box, which he
has sitting on the shelf, not committed to any of his cars at the moment. =
For a while I was considering buying this lump from him, but I have since =
concluded that it would be silly to have a dog 'box in a sometimes road
driven car.
You might want to talk to Todd. He has done a lot of digging into 3 rail =
close
ratio gear sets, and he has a pretty thorough understanding of what is
available, and the advantages and disadvantages of each. Todd seems to
prefer the Leeson.... I guess its major advantage is that you can change
individual ratios like a Hewland, because it uses a built-up layshaft.
Jack Knight have a web page:
http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/pdpr/jkd.htm
Marc, give me a shout if you want contact info for Todd Gerstenberger.
Also have you checked with Dave Bean?
erik.berg@trw.com
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