[Healeys] 3.5 Rearend

[F. Ronald Rader]

Steve,
this is my expeince as well. i have never run out of power on any hill
climb in my BJ8 with factory OD and the 3.5 rear end. yes i may have
to downshift into 4th (non OD) or even 3rd + od. but lock issues. amd
BTW i am usually running at 75 or 80 on the freeways.
ron rader
1965 BJ8

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 7:10 AM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> re:
> "This route takes you up to a little over 9000 feet, which is enough to
> cause the Healeys to start to run out of puff -- and both of our cars
> are equipped with the Lempert gears also, but what the gears give up in
> the mountains they more than make up for in the flatlands."
>
>
> With 6 forward speeds to choose from, I don't see how the taller
> ("Lempert") diffs "give up" anything.