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1. Final Drive Determination??? (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 21:59:36 -0500
While I was under the 76 playing with the brake hose, I got to thinking (I know - shouldn't do that) about the final drive. Why are my rpm's so high at 50 mph (about 3400). If my final drive is 17.3
/html/spridgets/2001-11/msg00848.html (7,806 bytes)

2. Re: Final Drive Determination??? (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 19:36:25 -0800
If you jack up just one wheel to count the driveshaft revs, then you need to do two revs of the wheel. Then the driveshaft revs equal the dif ratio. (1.95 X 2 = 3.9!) There are also numbers stamped o
/html/spridgets/2001-11/msg00849.html (9,085 bytes)

3. Re: Final Drive Determination??? (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 20:02:58 -0800
Your '76 should be a 3.9. If you want to be sure, clean of the area on the upper right (passenger side) of the diff casting and look for two numbers near the flange, usually on a boss at the top of
/html/spridgets/2001-11/msg00850.html (8,868 bytes)

4. Re: Final Drive Determination??? (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 05:34:50 -0800 (PST)
17.3 per 1k is for the 3.7 diff. The 76 Midget has a 3.9 diff. which is somewhere around 16 per 1k. 3500 at 50 sounds about right for the 3.9. If you had a 4.11 or 4.22, you would be cherning more t
/html/spridgets/2001-11/msg00861.html (8,960 bytes)

5. Re: Final Drive Determination??? (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:54:15 -0800
Put the car in 4th and push (plugs out helps). This method also corrects for differences between measured diameter of tire and actual rolling radius and eliminates backlash effects. Clay L. '67 Spri
/html/spridgets/2001-11/msg00881.html (9,672 bytes)

6. Re: Final Drive Determination??? (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 22:26:15 -0500
But the Datsun 5 speed won't work with the 1500, so cruising at 65 @ 3000 is -- Original Message -- From "Robert E. Shlafer" <PilotRob at webtv.net> To: "Dan Dwelley" <maine2me@yahoo.com> Cc: "Brent
/html/spridgets/2001-11/msg00892.html (8,284 bytes)

7. Re: Final Drive Determination??? (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 06:20:32 -0800 (PST)
Then buy a Spitfire trans (same trans you have) with an overdrive. Dan == Dan Dwelley 77 Midget 64 Sprite (Rotary Project) Alexandria, Va. "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind i
/html/spridgets/2001-11/msg00907.html (7,945 bytes)

8. Re: Final Drive Determination??? (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 11:03:12 -0800
FYI. There is a Spitfire OD unit that can be fitted. Trevor Boicey (on this list) installed one and documented it on his web site. http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/ Gerard -- Please visit Four Points Tra
/html/spridgets/2001-11/msg00913.html (8,354 bytes)

9. Re: Final Drive Determination??? (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 14:34:09 EST
Or you can hang a Ford 5 speed on the back of it.
/html/spridgets/2001-11/msg00924.html (7,720 bytes)

10. Re: Final Drive Determination??? (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 08:22:04 -0500
Yea, like those are real easy to come by. Larry -- Larry Macy 78 Midget Keep your top down and your chin up. Larry B. Macy, Ph.D. macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu System Manager/Administrator Neuropsychiatry S
/html/spridgets/2001-11/msg00986.html (8,334 bytes)

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