Hi All,
So I picked up my manifold and carb this week.
But, I'm still confused as to what I should do with my diff, I feel the best option would be just to find a second hand 3l axle.
I had a look at the spare axle that I've got, 13 teeth on the pinion gear and 42 on the ring gear. that makes it a ratio of 3.2:1
What ratio should I have with the 302 and C4 gearbox ?
My concern is that I don't know what condition the axle is in (the oil that was in it was more of a brown sludge than oil) and also, how do make this axle work on my Capri, the place where the leaf springs mount to is larger than the original once, also it has no place to connect the rear shocks to.
I also don't have the drums + brakes and will have to change the hubs to 4 stud. All this seems to be a lot I have to do on this axle and think it might end up costing me more then just trying to find one that will work without changing anything.
here are some photos of the axle:
I also need to replace all bushes on the car, however the guys that I have spoken to mentioned that I need to measure the size of the leaf spring bushes as these came in 3 or 4 different sizes on the Capri. I guess I need to wait with this until I have figured out my rear axle situation ?
The only bushes I can find are polyurethane, are these any good ?