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February 18, 2004
Neil...
I too have been told the same about the
3.7 diff from Bill Perry of Rivergate (and
he oughta know!).
In my discussion with him on this (I've
used a 3.7 for many moons) it became
apparent that it's all in how the individual
driver treats his machinery. Does he
transfer gobs of power instantly, or not.
IOW, does he/she beat on it?
My current 3.7 diff came out of my '74
Vizardized Spridget..90+hp at the wheels.
I put about 10K on the car annually for 12
years or so, then it saw service in my
'67 Sprite for 3 years, 1 year running on/off with a Judson Supercharger
while
I experimented with this application.
Now this 3.7 resides in my BE mated to
a Datsun 5 speed, the first three gears of
which are slightly lower than the stock Spridget ribcase ratios. So
whatever
acceleration you might lose using it with
your Spridget box, you'll get it back when
you go stock Datsun 210 5 speed.
AND...you'll have slightly lower rpm for
4th (town cruise) and a very nice highway
"cruise" 5th!
Cap'n. Bob
'60 :{)
PilotRob@... 29861
Posted on February 18, 2004 10:41 AM
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