Last time I found a 4:55 for my Spitfire (back in the early oughts sometime) it
came from Canley Classics in the UK.
After breaking several earlier 4:55s -- the last one I tore off EVERY tooth! --
I had that one from Canley shotpeened before putting it in the car. It lasted.
I've heard of 4:88s but never seen a live one in 50 years of racinng a
Spitfire. I think it's a mythical animal. �
--Rocky Entriken
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From: Fot <fot-bounces@autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Mark Bradakis
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2026 9:04 PM
To: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] Triumph Ring & Pinion
On 4/21/26 12:27 PM, Brian Dennis wrote:
> Greetings,
> I'm looking for a 4:55 (or maybe 4:88?) ring & Pinion to fit the
> Spitfire differential case. I believe it is from a delivery van or
> something but I do not remember. This is the one with the bigger
> diameter pinion shaft.
I used to have a 4:55 set, but it got sold at auction back in 2005. I lost my
job at the U, got behind on my storage rental, and the contents were sold as a
lot for like 300 bucks. Not only the gearset, but a big TR Detroit locker, a
Spitfire/GT6 Quaife unit, all my Weber airhorns, chokes and venturis, ( The box
of brass bits with calibrated holes was home in my garage ) a Ford 710? 1600
short block from a Lotus Europa, a couple of big TR overdrive transmissions, a
D type Spit overdrive, a Spitfire parts car, and a load of various body panels,
electrical parts, and so on.
Sigh.
mjb.
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