Re: Transmission conversion for overdrive what to
Hi John,
Thanks for the input. I don't know the true ratio of the diff. When I redid my Healey, the only thing I didn't take apart was the rear end. I guess I should remove the cover and count gears to find out. As I said, my Healey came with a non overdrive transmission and a separate overdrive off the car. I bought it from a guy who said he got it from his old neighbors widow. I posted before that my speedo is a 1020 and isn't correct for the cable turn from my tranny. I checked the turns from the tranny and they are at 1603 per mile. I am not sure if this is due to the tranny or dif or combination. When I checked the turns on the overdrive cable output, it was at a ratio difference to the tranny that would indicate the speedo calibration would be correct for the overdrive. As I said, it runs fine today so maybe I should just get a gear conversion to make the speeodometer correct and live with the higher rpms at highway speed. Or maybe do a Smittys 5 speed conversion and sell my transmission and overdrive. Since I am using my Healey for a driver, maybe staying original isn't that important to me. Your thoughts?
Thanks,
Chuck