I just remembered one time I ran Mosport with the 4.22 diff in the car - I
swapped the 948 engine back in 'cause VARAC wouldn't let me run the 1275
that I had been using when I was running with HSR, but I was too lazy to put
the 4.55 diff in. I actually ran pretty good, but just used 2nd and 3rd
gear, except for a few seconds on the back straight. Buzzed the hell out of
the motor runnin for the flag on the last lap - second gear out of corner 10
was fine, but it really wanted third by the exit of the corner, let alone
the flag stand! A fast MGA that had had some trouble early in the race
caught me on the backstraight on the last lap, then was balked by a TC or
something coming onto the front straight, and we was three wide for the
flag! I caught him, too!
That was the 1997 VARAC race where we had an all-MG grid, if anyone
remembers...one of my most fun races.
God, I want to be racin again! 8 more weeks...
Brian
At 03:03 PM 3/4/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I agree with Brian the 'standard' setup for racing 948's seems to b 4.55
>rear out of a Metropolitan or similar truck. 4.22 is a dog; British Auto
>Parts out in Marcola, OR, tel 541.933.2880...........ask for Jim Pocan
>could run about $250-300
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>I thought that the stock diff for the early cars was a 4.22 (or 4.11), so
>they should be easy to find. I used a 4.55 for almost every track when I
>ran the Midget with a 948 engine - maybe that would be a good compromise.
>The taller gear (4.22, if that's what stock is) wouldn't pull worth beans
>even if it worked for top speed.
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>Brian
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>>going to need a 4.22 to race at others. My problem? I don't have one.
>Would
>>appreciate any leads...
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>>Greg Schulz
>>VSCDA, Grp. 2
>>"Historic" Cedarburg, WI
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