Thread: 2.47 in 300SE
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Old 09-09-2011, 11:40 AM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by mbdoc View Post
Brian, have done several differential swaps like that.
The 2.47/1 is way to drastic for that car/

Have done several cars with 2.88/1 diffs & they are much better to drive than the 2.47/1 cars.
Pat, can you elaborate on the specifics?

The three lower gears will be shorter than the current set of three upper gears allowing it to drive better around town.

The final 2.47 might be too tall for the highway for climbing hills, but there should be no issue in using third for that purpose..........it's final drive is 3.55.........almost identical to the current 3.46.

If I use the 2.88, I can't really use third as a fallback position on the highway..........the final drive would be 4.14............very fast.
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