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MG MGB Technical - Raer Axle Swap

Has anyone installed a different, non BMC, axle into an MGB or have seen literature describing this swap?
Just wondering if there is another less expensive option to a five speed.
Thanks
Morris
M E WADDS

Morris,

Fifteen inch wheels with tall tires will help. You can pick up 5 or 10 % that way, depending on where you started.

Charley
C R Huff

Morris: D&D Fabrications reworks a Chevy S10 rear axle for MGBs for their V8 conversion kits. You could buy an axle from them with the gearing you want an bolt it in. Their website is www.aluminumv8.com
John Perkins

Thanks John & Charley. A friend with a nice chrome bumper MGB is thinking that an axle swap may be a simple way of changing the rear end ratio. He is a competent mechanic with a well equipped shop hence the question.
Cheers
Morris
M E WADDS

Keep in mind that you will have to shorten the axle quite allot to fit in the B, tubes shortened and the half shafts have to be cut and re splined. That can be quite expensive. Also the tail shaft will also need a different end on it. If you ever damage a half shaft,it will not be standard and must be especially made. I think you would find it cheaper to install either a five speed or even an electric overdrive.
http://www.octarine-services.co.uk/#trans


http://www.quantumechanics.com/categories.php?op=newindex&catid=3
peter

M,to give you a feel for what you might get with a different rear end fit a set of 15" wheels off a Saab or Nisan Z turbo with 195-75 15 tires Very nice for highway use, 205-75-15s are even better but they rub the left side fender more often then not. Let us know what yuo try. RIC
RIC LLOYD

I have a Ford 8" in my MGB/GT.
Rick Ingram

This thread was discussed between 30/05/2009 and 06/06/2009

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