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Re: Rear End Stuff????

To: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Subject: Re: Rear End Stuff????
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 21:24:20 -0700
Andy,
I am wondering (have been for some time) about the necessity of those
extra two differential holes.  I wonder if anybody has mounted the fixed
spring onto a 4 bolt diff without drilling out the extra two stud
holes.  It sure would be a blessing if there was really no need to do
so!  It would also open a much larger market for camber compensators!!!

Regards,
Joe

Andrew Mace wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, N.A. Campiglia III wrote:
> 
> > Can someone please tell me what the gear ratio in a '67 Spit is??  Also, in
> > a '76 that was brought over from Sweden.
> 
> Assuming you are referring to the "final drive" (differential), it is
> 4.11:1 on the '67. I think it is probably 3.63:1 on the '76, as it was
> for most non-Federal Spitfires.
> 
> > I was replacing the pinion seal tonight and I noticed the stub shafts were
> > moving in and out.  Do these have end float?  Anyway, I was thinking of
> > changing the rear with one from the a fore mentioned '76.
> 
> I don't know about the "stub shafts"; however, it doesn't sound right to
> me. You can change the diff. complete into the '67, but you'll also need
> to bring over that rear swing-spring (and, therefore, the fatter front
> sway bar). Either that, or you need to drill the extra two holes for the
> 5th and 6th hold-down studs for the original leaf spring. Oh, and you'll
> also need the axle flanges and rear propshaft flange from the later car,
> as the flanges on the '76 diff. are larger. Forunately, the u-joints are
> the same regardless. In other words, it's not quite a direct swap. And
> it's hard to say if the (likely) 3.63:1 ratio will be as suitable in the
> older car (you didn't specify which engine that car has: 1147 or 1296 or
> ???).
> 
> --Andy
> 
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