Bob,
i just can't say enough about the changes by going to the 4:3-1 MGA
modification I did on my 53 TD. Not only have I made the car a real
highway runner but now I have a great all around third gear through town
that I didn't have before. The first gear is no longer just a stump
puller either. Yes, if I get into a steep hill, I will downshift but I
don't consider that a downside to the conversion. My engine has also
appreciated the lower rpm's at speed. It is also one conversion that
does not effect the look of the car which I am in favor of. Bob, I'd
pull out the rear you have, clean it off and get it in there for a
marked difference. For those other non-purists out there, if you go for
the 5 speed conversion you can keep your 5.125 rear and enjoy the best
of all worlds.
Cheers,
Dave Houser
Bob D. wrote:
>I'm the only club member here that still has the stock rear end in his TD. I
>regularly cruise at 60 mph, no problem. The engine sounds pretty good at
>that speed, and it's willing to go faster. How much faster, I don't know.
>(The top end was advertised as 80 mph when they were new.) Everyone I know,
>who has changed the rear end gears, swears by the modification. I do have a
>set of MGA gears squirreled away, but the stock ones are doing such a good
>job, that I just can't justify the $$$ to have the deed done. I'll probably
>wait until the rear end needs a re-build anyway. (But the way it's going,
>it's never going to wear out!)
>
>Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
>Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com
>52 MGTD - NEMGTR #11470
>71 MGB - NAMGBR #7-3336
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