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What sort of overall gearing do you want in top and how tall are your tyres?

tyre size is 295/50/15. standing 26inch,s high and on ford four stud
the diff ratio seemed rather low and this engine has tons n, tons of bottom end grunt ,,also the auto box tends to change up into top before 30mph (approx) i havn,t got a rev counter on it so i,m unshure what actual revs she,s doing,

[kapri]

Tallest geared Ford 4 stud axle is the  Capri 2.8 i ( as you believed was fitted) would make approx 4 mph per 1000 rpm in top difference to existing set upon standard Capri tyres . Tyre size gives you another approx 1.5 mph per 1000 over a standard 2.8 gearing . So something like 24 mph per 1000 in 1:1 top gear.

2.8 Capri axle is well built but I've no idea of it's torque limit but standard V6 is around 150 /160 ft /lbs.

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i,m wondering if a scimitar axle would be a good option

[kapri]

Scimitar axle is based on Jag Mk2 so is Salisbury 4ha .I think the ratio is around 3.5 .Most common models are Se5 and Se6 with the 6 having a wider track ( from memory)

EDIT, forgot to say that although a 4 stud it is MGB pattern.

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Scimitar axle is based on Jag Mk2 so is Salisbury 4ha .I think the ratio is around 3.5 .Most common models are Se5 and Se6 with the 6 having a wider track ( from memory)

EDIT, forgot to say that although a 4 stud it is MGB pattern.

i,d got it in my head that they were ford pattern ,

[kapri]

Yup, common belief but trust me, it's MGB pattern for some strange reason, should restud easy enough though. .I had a Scimitar Se6 about 12 months back.

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well that leaves two options for now

2.8 capri ,,the easiest option =straight fit.

scimitar  a little more work ,

[terry t]

well that leaves two options for now

2.8 capri ,,the easiest option =straight fit.

scimitar  a little more work ,

Or a LDV 200 axle 3.9/1

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LDV 3.9 is way too low,
the dead axle was a bit low at 3.88  so it needs to be atleast a 3.54 or even a 3.1,

[kapri]

A 3.54 will give approx 1.5 mph/1000 extra in 1:1 compared to 3.88.

[spanners]

Tallest geared Ford 4 stud axle is the  Capri 2.8 i ( as you believed was fitted) would make approx 4 mph per 1000 rpm in top difference to existing set upon standard Capri tyres . Tyre size gives you another approx 1.5 mph per 1000 over a standard 2.8 gearing . So something like 24 mph per 1000 in 1:1 top gear.

2.8 Capri axle is well built but I've no idea of it's torque limit but standard V6 is around 150 /160 ft /lbs.

well according to the above if i,v understood it correctly and also according to what revs i,v been told is safe for the engine ,
 a 2.8 capri axle using the tyres i have now should give me a topspeed of 120mph at 5000rpm..

i think that,ll be quick enough 

[kapri]

Bearing in mind that will be TRUE speed as opposed to speedo reading I think it's 'adequate'

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well i,m struggling to find an axle  the two i have found are both over £400 without any guarantee of what they are like or the exact ratio ,,

[dobber]

not cheap mike.. some one somewhere has one to get rid of.  be a queue of em once you get sorted.

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not cheap mike.. some one somewhere has one to get rid of.  be a queue of em once you get sorted.

more like when i,v got totally peeeeed of and sold her ,,,i,m getting close to it ,,