[TR] RPM speed calc

[DAVID MASSEY]

 That is true for cars that remain equipped as delivered.  However, many or most TR's were delivered without overdrive and many of us have since fitted overdrive transmission to our cars whilst keeping the stock (non-OD) differential.  

I guess the short answer is: your mileage may vary.
Cheers
 
Dave 

 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: John Macartney <John.Macartney at Ukpips.org.uk>
To: Dave MacKay <dave at mdmackay.ca>
Cc: Triumphs at autox.team.net
Sent: Mon, Jun 1, 2020 2:24 pm
Subject: Re: [TR] RPM speed calc

It’s important to remember that cars without overdrive had a higher axle ratio than those with it. As an example, the GT6+ had a 3.27 final drive for non overdrive and 3.89 for overdrive. Just to complicate things, it was entirely possible to order a 3.27 diff with overdrive on top! The factory never promoted this facility for fairly obvious reasons. My own GT6 mk 2 was supplied like that becxause I knew my way around the factory build books. Iit made an excellent cruiser with good fuel consumption but could not pull more than 4000 rpm, even downhill on a motorway. That said, refuelling was a little less frequent.
Jonmac

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On 1 Jun 2020, at 19:41, Dave MacKay <dave at mdmackay.ca> wrote:



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<Triumph rpm to mph.xls>

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