[Healeys] Smitty kit

[i erbs]

There is a shop near me who can rebuild my angle drive so my speedo is
correct for the tires on my car. I need to find my notes. I used a Speedo
app to help calibrate the drive

Ira Erbs
Milwaukie, OR
1959 Austin Healey 100-6

On Sun, Oct 19, 2025, 21:12 Robert Markovich <rmarkovich at aol.com> wrote:

> That .73 gear is essential, and after a couple of miserable weeks with the
> .63 gear, I told them so. They were extremely gracious in getting me the
> .73 replacement and a local transmission shop made the swap. Sorry to hear
> there’s a wait for that gear now, but obviously others came to the same
> conclusion that the .63 is way too steep for the Healey. Some simple math
> would have saved me some trouble: fifth gear ratio x rear end ratio for the
> ultimate, final drive, and it’s obvious that .73 is about all you want with
> the 3.91 rear and even the 4.10 on the 100/6. And I think even the .73
> would be too much with a 3.54 rear; there should be a .88 or so gear for
> the Tremec T5, which I’d pick that that rear.
>
>
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> On Saturday, October 18, 2025, 5:52 PM, Al Fuller <alfuller194 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> The tremec conversion is supposed to be nice, but one of the guys has been
> waiting for months for them to get that particular gear.
>
> I've lost track of whether they finally got a batch.
>
> ________________
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> Best Regards,
> Al Fuller
>
> On Sat, Oct 18, 2025, 5:22 AM Robert Markovich via Healeys <
> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Try The Driven Man in Cooksville TN. They make kits for Healey Sixes and
> Jags using a brand new Tremec T5. Just be sure and order the .73 fifth gear
> ratio as the standard .63 is way too steep. Trust me on this!
>
>
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> On Friday, October 17, 2025, 8:33 PM, i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The guy who bought the biz from Smitty is even less responsive to
> inquiries than he was.
>
> Ira Erbs
> Milwaukie, OR
> 1959 Austin Healey 100-6
>
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2025, 21:49 Jim Ryan <ryan at jimryan.com> wrote:
>
> Aren't they're people that sell the conversion kit for this setup?  If you
> can find out who does that they might be able to help.
>
> Jim Ryan
>
> ©¿©¬
>
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2025, 4:08 PM i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello
> I about to start figuring out why my speedo stopped at 70mph.
> I pulled it and drove for a while but the inner cable did not spin.
> My question is where do I source and angle drive for a Toyota transmission
> on one end and British on the other that the cable attached to.
> Thanks
>
> Ira Erbs
> Milwaukie, OR
> 1959 Austin Healey 100-6
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