Bill:
I noticed that you stayed with the early style rear end in the
Jamaican when reading the article in "MGA". Good read by the way.
I just dropped the rear end out of my MGA frame Monday night and
had forgotten how light they were. Now if I can just persuade the one
stuck front spring bush mounting bolt to unseize itself I'd be a happy
camper.
The wire wheel axles hold up pretty well, so you should be fine.
I'd not want to try running a V6 through the steel wheel axles though as
they tend to snap right at the flange even with the 4 popper. On my race
car (65 MGB) I converted the wire wheel axles to accept bolt on alloys
to get the best of both worlds.
I'm planning on installing a Salisbury in my Miata powered MGA
to get the 3.90 ratio and stronger axles.
Kelvin.
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From: WSpohn4@aol.com [mailto:WSpohn4@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 3:05 PM
To: Dodd, Kelvin; frankk@intap.net; mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Mgs] OD Query
I know they were concerned about strength when they were
designing the MGC and they went into it with the intention of racing,
and had to homologate the cars with the same diff they'd use in street
versions. From their experience with the Healey 3000 Rally cars that was
the heavier C series axle. The Salisbury axle is the compromise and not
a bad one, although heavier than necessary for the MGB (which is why I
stayed with the early banjo style on the Jamaican.
Bill
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