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     Hendrik Behrmann (Hendrik) New Member Username: Hendrik Post Number: 20 Registered: 09-2003 |
Hi there, there is a Defender with 280/85-16. The transmission ratio needs to be lowered. And I think that a 4.11 Diff-ration would do that nicely. But what do you think about the strength of these gears. Commonly a diff with a low-ratio is weaker due to smaller teeth or so (that�s why the Rover 4.7 are no option). The british company KAM say (on their homepage) that the 4.1 diff is 25% stronger than the OEM gears. How can they know ? Anybody had these gears and couldn�t recommend them ? Alternative solution could be to use the t-box of a 2.5lDiesel Defender with 1.667:1 high-range ratio. This would leave the low-range relatively high - ok, then we use the Maxi-drive (straight-cut) gears that have a about 30% lower ratio than the OEM�s 3.32:1 . No concern about strength then, but at what expense ••••••• views hopefully awaited. REgards, Hendrik |
