RaRo diffs into Series

RaRo diffs into Series

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Dave (Kent)

Original Poster:

23 posts

238 months

Sunday 1st August 2004
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OK, I'm now the proud owner of a '63 2A.

I had the idea of putting RaRo diffs in as a way of increasing the gearing, but someone has told me this is only possible on S3s.

Anyone know if this is true?

Any advice/guidelines from those that have done this appreciated.

Thanks

Dave

bilko

1,693 posts

233 months

Sunday 1st August 2004
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does this help?
i think the answer is in there somewhere,3rd reply maybe
http://threads.lro.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=series2&Number=405213&page=&view=&sb=&vc=1#Post405213

might be some answers here as well
www.lrenthusiastforum.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?Cat=&C=1
hope this helps
not third reply but i did a search and i was sure i read it there somewhere.

>> Edited by bilko on Sunday 1st August 09:33

Dave (Kent)

Original Poster:

23 posts

238 months

Sunday 1st August 2004
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Thanks -
Now that is a thread and a half!
Another dumb question - what year Rangers have the correct diffs?

Dave

WLAcopilote

2,142 posts

243 months

Friday 13th August 2004
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All "Classic" or proper Range Rovers have 3.54:1 ratio diffs. The later 4 door may have 24 spline side gears so buy a diff from a 2-door.

Main problem with fitting Range Rover diff into a series is that low ratio is not that low anymore resulting in very poor engine braking when used off road.

Series low ratio is about 2.2:1, all coil sprung have a low ratio of 3.3:1, that is how they get away with higher ratio diffs.