[Healeys] 3.5 Rearend

[Bob Brown]

Ron, Bob,
I think Steve was commenting regarding my message from last night we I mentioned a little problem with the 3.55 on the fisrt high pass at Vail. Not properly anticipating my approach I lost power due to being in the wrong gear. 
At the Eisenhower Pass (higher than Vail) no problem as I did get the right gear combination. I dropped out of 4th OD, downshifted ionto 3rd and then went to 3rd OD, had plenty of power and no struggle by the engine.
It is all in doing it right to start, once the car slows it can be an inconvience getting back to speed. 
Bob


----- Original Message ----
From: F. Ronald Rader f.ronald.rader at gmail.com

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.