18-10-2018, 05:23 PM
Worth speaking to Andrew Bird, he is a specialist in this area and has a wealth of knowledge, he should be able to advise you.
AB is going to be replacing the gears in my Ruby gearbox (my spare is running in the car right now) to give me a Super Accessories gears.
My problem is that the standard third gear in a synchromesh 4-speed (2-3-4) is just too low for hill climbing, the engine is revving too hard, change up into fourth, circa 28/30 mph, no good, back down again, a better suited ratios should improve the need to do the gear change and make better use of the engine revs. I am hopeful!
For me, here in the very congested south coast, driving slowly going up hills in heavy traffic is not an acceptable option, the car needs to be able to make reasonable progress under all conditions - there are a lot of hills around me!
AB is going to be replacing the gears in my Ruby gearbox (my spare is running in the car right now) to give me a Super Accessories gears.
My problem is that the standard third gear in a synchromesh 4-speed (2-3-4) is just too low for hill climbing, the engine is revving too hard, change up into fourth, circa 28/30 mph, no good, back down again, a better suited ratios should improve the need to do the gear change and make better use of the engine revs. I am hopeful!
For me, here in the very congested south coast, driving slowly going up hills in heavy traffic is not an acceptable option, the car needs to be able to make reasonable progress under all conditions - there are a lot of hills around me!