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Re: Rear End (was Re[2]: EFI / custom engine)

To: ambradley@yahoo.com, datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Rear End (was Re[2]: EFI / custom engine)
From: CalSpeed@aol.com
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 23:45:04 EST
In a message dated 2/8/01 1:14:10 AM !!!First Boot!!!, ambradley@yahoo.com 
writes:

<< It was suggested
 to me that I might want to replace my 1600 rear end with a 2000 rear
 end, as the lower tires turn my 3.90 into more like a 4.11, reducing my
 top speed... >>

If you are running with a 1600 then i would keep the stock rearend.  
Afterall... how much top speed do you really need?  And at the same time, you 
are running with about 40 percent less horsepower then a U20.  You wont have 
the motor to utilize the 3.70 rearend.

I went with a 1600 rearend in my 2 liter.  It made a big difference.  Off the 
line is noticably better but the rolling starts are great!  The RPM 
difference on the highway is not really noticable.  I feel that our Roadsters 
are at its best by feeling peppy and agile at low speeds.  They just are not 
high speed cruisers.  Keep the stock rearend.

Michael "Calspeed" Carion
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