[Healeys] 3.54 differential questions

[dwflagg at juno.com]

John,

I'm with you.  With all due respect, if you want "a modern tranny, less
idiosyncratic than Oem with over drive, less stressful for wife to drive,
lighter, cheaper to fix", along with AC, MP3 player, built in phone,
etc., then do as John suggests. BUY A NEW CAR. Then take your Healey "Put
a 3.54 diff in which will give a more usable first gear and drive it like
it should be driven". IMHO.

Doug


> The Solution here is to buy a Supra or Celica for the wife and kids 
> to
> drive.
>  Keep the Healey as is because if you convert you won't really have 
> a Healey
> (only a look-alike).
>  If you know how to drive you don't need the kickdown switch (only 
> for
> dummies IMHO)
> Put a 3.54 diff in which will give a more usable first gear and 
> drive it
> like it should be driven
> 
> John Rowe   BN1, BT7
> Queensland Australia
> 
> 
> 
> I'm converting to a Smitty for a few reasons,
> On Sat, 8 Jan 2011 20:03:15 +1000 "John & Kerry Rowe"
<jkrowe46 at bigpond.net.au> writes:
> Pulling tranny anyway to put in rear engine sealand update to BJ8 
> clutch
> Eliminating overdrive kick down because using Hd8 carbs and cable 
> throtle
> Bought a complete kit with tranny and cut down drive shaft for a 
> great price
> No need to teach kids and wife to double clutch
> 
> Other than that, can't think of a reason.;)
> 
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