[Healeys] 3.5 Rearend

T W ah3000me at gmail.com
Tue Jul 8 04:45:53 MDT 2008


It's gotta be better than the early 90's automatic Ford Fiesta that my wife
and I rented when we were out in the Tetons.

- Tom

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Bob Brown <blkbt7 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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


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