RE: Vogue, Sceptre etc.

From: Jarrid Gross (Yorba Linda, CA) (GROSS(at)unit.com)
Date: Tue Feb 10 1998 - 10:28:00 CST


Larry wrote,

>By the way, are there any suitable Rootes rear axles to give longer
ratio
>than std Alpine with no O/D?

Some of the Arrow cars used the 3.70 gear sets.
But the ratio is only 5% lower than the 3.89, which will only drop your
RPMs by about 160 at 60 MPH (100 KPH).

The 4.22 cars with OD had an effective final ratio of 3.32, which is
pretty
tough to get by any other means.

>PS: my Landsdowne 1:43 Alpine jumped down from the top of my screen and
>lost its front bumper!

Boy you are just having all sorts of problems with those dog gone
bumpers
ey Lauri?

Cheers,
 Jarrid.



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