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see i just went ahead and did it, and there were plenty saying it couldnt be done and noone saying how to do it

But all of the problems that you talk about would only occur if I was driving at 500 RPM, so that number is relevant. I have not seen any serious engineering comments only hysterical garbage about situations that have no relationship to my real...

I have probably said this 10 times here, I will maybe do it or maybe not, and I am currently gathering as much actual information as I can from people with real world knowledge. One of those people was on this forum after a few pages, and the...

My shortest post was the word "yes" so your latest gotcha comment has failed, again.

Obviously something a bit below 1:1. But obviously the next lowest gear is the same and that is all you need to know. If you absolutely have to know the answer to the question then I suggest you look it up on Google because this is a complete...

so do the swap then

On the flip side.. this is your shortest post so well done on that 👍

No I was thinking something like juvenile or childish or 12 year-old girl mentality.

The attached image is from RRPhil on another forum where he has been helping me to understand the actual situation not the hysterical made up irrelevant situation. According to his calculations without the modification at 75 mph I will be doing...

but what are the 5th and 8th gear ratios

Yip, approved theory my mate. I get around 40k miles from my 38's tyres and they are starting to micro crack... It's time for new ones even though there is still a decent bit of tread left.. 🤔 OH the choice🤷

I have a concrete floor in the garage and shît still goes missing 🤷 For me it's mice🤔😝

Especially if it's had water leaking into the steering wheel from the windscreen or body seam above😳

Is that some homophobia I detect?

We say "it's doing it's job" 👍

Good to know that you are imagining me wearing Lycra, and not helping to solve my simple engineering question. There is a word for people like you. What is that word again, I forgot?

Yes of course, and given my car's engine an d gearbox operating range this will not happen. Everyone here seems to think that this minor changed to the differential ratio will suddenly cause me to be driving around at 500 RPM on the highway...

At some point I will be indulging in a TIG welder. Thats the first job... Many thanks for this.

Totally. You cannot even put different wheels on the car without them adding a premium to the insurance price. Any modification versus how my car arrived from the dealer 23 years ago is considered a modified vehicle.

Sure if I was towing a horse float and I was desperately concerned about accelerating up every hill, but in a car that is designed to tow 140% of its weight, that will have just one man, three dogs and some clothes in it this will not be an...

I may have accidentally added flappy paddles to the TD6. Bit time consuming but not difficult and is definitely a nice addition. Its one thing I missed compared to my other car. Occasionally having a semi manual control over the box is a good...

So true, if the 8 speed did not have the 2.76 ratio differential that I was considering using. So the 2.76 ratio differential is ok in the 8 speed where the second highest gear is 1:1 ratio but not ok in my 5 speed where the second highest gear...

I learnt the hard way to never say where she can hear you that she's been good lately.... 😂😂

Hey! Not really.

i was doing rear wheel bearing on my disco3 and dissasmbled the hand brake (drum in disc) and went to reasemble it and a spring was missing .searched all around the shoes drum and any other places and the floor was clean concrete got the wife to...

Do you reckon OP will be wearing Lycra while doing this? Might help his crazy diff change idea

It would be best for the optimal ignoring, however, I keep it there to ensure others are ignoring including myself! Doh!

MOT'd the G4. No advisories but the horn clock spring wire went open circuit on way to MOT so had to replace the clock spring. It passed OK then !!