Hello,
About the 3.7 rears, what years did they come on anyway. I would be
interested in one for my 71 as anything to bring down the R's on the freeway
would be nice.
TIA
Jon
71 midget
So Ca
----- Original Message -----
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
To: Jay Snavely <jays@paonline.com>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: Midget questions
>On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Jay Snavely wrote:
>
>> I am thinking about improving the final drive ratio for driving on
>> Interstates etc. I see a conversion for a 5 speed Nissan transmission.
>> There is also a 3.5 ratio rear end gear set available from VB. Does
>> anyone have experience about these or any advise??
>
>Jay,
>Your '71 should have a 3.9:1 rear end. You could use the later 3.7:1 from
>a late Midget, but I wouldn't recommend longer than that. 1st gear would
>probably get awfully long and it would be hard to take off.
>
>The 3.7 would be fairly cheap to get used, a 5-speed is a lot more time
>and money.
>
>Ulix, 5-speed and 3.7
>
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