[ROVERNET - UK] RE: Irregular Final Drive Still???

Wed Feb 20 06:31:45 GMT 2008

Gosh,.... I wish there was an easy answer.
On my 1969 TC 2000, my Tach reads 2500 and I am doing
50 mph.  3000 is 60 mph; 2000 is 40 mph.  This is all
in 4th gear on the highway.  I have a standard 2000
final drive.

Regretfully (or I haven't noticed and that's a *real*
regret), nobody has discussed the effect of a 3500
final drive installed on a 2000.  Oh, well,.... sigh..

Eric
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--- Adrian McDonald <adrianmcdon at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> I will keep my Tardis vehicle secret, for fear of
> wheeled plunger pointing aliens turning up and
> attempting to exterminate me with their plunger
> devices.......(UK TV reference).......
> 
> On the original topic, I did not mention that I
> "calibrated" the tachometer with a digital
> multimeter so I know I am actually doing 3000rpm
> (which equates to 40 something mph on the
> speedoinstead of 58.5mph that it should be).  How do
> I calibrate the speedo?  Well, it "feels" just
> right, plus I am doing 45mph on a 45mph street and
> keeping up with traffic nicely. If the speedo was
> wrong and the rpm right, I would be close to 60mph
> and definitely burning the other traffic up!
> 
> So I am pretty sure I have a messed up drive system.
> In 4th gear at a 1:1 ratio, is it true that the only
> thing that can be causing my slowness is an
> irregular final drive???
> 
> Still confused of Redondo beach...
> 
> In fact I was so confused I bought a 3500S too. The
> one on ebay last week....now I have the
> collection.....
> 
> Adrian
> 
> 
> 
> > Message: 6
> > Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:55:54 -0800 (PST)
> > From: David Sheuring 
> > Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] New West Coast US
> Rover Spotted
> > To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
> > Message-ID: 
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> >
> > OK...I must respond to this, as I have now been
> > brought into the ring....I dare say without being
> > asked.
> > Now I do like Mustangs and they can go very fast,
> but
> > I must say that I much rather keep my V8 anyday
> and
> > twice on Sunday. And since we are discussing the
> V8, I
> > have installed electronic ignition, have rebuilt
> the
> > bottom end and includded a heavy duty oil pumper.
> I
> > have also port and polished the heads and am
> > installing a carter 4 barrel on the car. Now if I
> only
> > had a stronger transmission for the car.
> > Cheers
> > David
> > --- Glen Wilson  wrote:
> >
> >> Adrian,
> >>
> >> I am surprised that Eric, who (for Pete's sake)
> >> lives in Vancouver,
> >> missed this one. The drive train in your car was
> >> obviously calibrated
> >> several years ago when the Canadian loonie was
> only
> >> worth sixty-five
> >> good old American cents. By bringing your vehicle
> >> south of the border,
> >> you have, in effect, caused a small rip in the
> >> space-time continuum to
> >> extend just a few more deadly inches (or
> centimeters
> >> in the case of your
> >> car). It's too bad you didn't check with us
> before
> >> taking this rash
> >> action because it really is hell getting all of
> that
> >> toothpaste back
> >> onto the Canadian toothpaste tube. You may think
> I'm
> >> having you on here,
> >> but you can easily verify that everything I've
> >> written is true. Get a
> >> steel tape measurer and carefully measure across
> the
> >> roof of the vehicle
> >> between the drip edges. Write that down and get
> >> inside the car. Make
> >> sure the windows are rolled all of the way up and
> >> measure (across the
> >> car) from window to window. If I am correct, the
> >> inside measurement will
> >> be about twelve inches longer than the outside
> >> measurement. Didn't the
> >> car seem surprisingly roomy inside when you got
> it
> >> home? Very
> >> comfortable, right? If I were you, I'd forget
> about
> >> the gauges and
> >> simply marvel at the fact that you own a car that
> is
> >> bigger on the
> >> inside than it is on the outside.
> >>
> >> If you want to trade your Mustang for a V8 Rover,
> >> I'd suggest contacting
> >> this man:
> >>
> >
>
http://www.rstca.com/members/DavidSheuring3500S/index.html
> >>
> >> He has lost the bumpers for this car but it's not
> as
> >> "crummy" as you
> >> might think. In fact, it has custom side exhausts
> >> that sound amazingly good.
> >>
> >> Adrian, if you leave your car alone, the symptoms
> >> you describe may
> >> gradually subside and eventually disappear
> entirely.
> >> Or, if time hangs
> >> heavy on your hands, we'll have your car in
> pieces
> >> in the garage faster
> >> than you can say...well, whatever Beach Brits
> living
> >> in Redondo Beach
> >> say, Dude!
> >>
> >> Hope this is helpful.
> >>
> >> Glen
> >>
> >> ;-)
> >>
> >>
> >
>
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/economy/loonie.html
> >>
> >> McDonald wrote:
> >>> Hello there
> >>>
> >>> I am making contact, as a new West Coast US
> Rover
> >> owner/operator. My garage currently features a
> 1966
> >> Mustang 289 V8, and as of December 2007, a Rover
> >> 2000TC.
> >>>
> >>> Back in the '90's my garage used to feature a
> 1974
> >> Rover 2200TC, but that was in Southampton
> England. I
> >> come to the US 4 years ago and recently I began
> >> getting a bit bored with my Ford and I thought it
> >> would be really nice to have a Rover again. As I
> >> read in an old article, a Rover engineer jokingly
> >> referred to Detroit cars as "wobbly jellies" (no
> >> offence). Not actually thinking it was even a
> remote
> >> possibility, I did some exploratory internet
> >> googling which made it clear that some examples
> were
> >> present on the continent. So that was it! And I
> >> found a fantastic example in Vancouver, BC which
> >> would be a top example even over in the rusty UK.
> >>>
> >>> After the mandatory starter motor "difficulty"
> >> last week, I only have one real issue that I
> could
> >> do with advice on. The car only does about 75% of
> >> the specified mph per rpm in each gear. I am
> >> assuming it has a non standard final drive. I am
> >> looking to swap it out, but am curious if this
> might
> >> have been a wierd option (for hilly terrain
> >> perhaps). It is a bit confusing as at 3000rpm I
> am
> >> only doing forty something mph, and not the
> 58.5mph
> >> that is specified. Who would want that?????
> >>>
> >>> Anyone want to purchase a 1966 289 Mustang
> wobbly
> >> jelly in perfect condition. Will trade for V8
> Rover
> >> - I am thinking of starting a collection......
> >>>
> >>> Adrian McDonald
> >>> Redondo Beach, CA
> >>>
> >>
> 
> 
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