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Here you go... 140-160 1971

posted by  someone claiming to be George on  Fri Jun 8 18:32 CST 2007 [RELATED]

http://people.umass.edu/tcroy/articles/rearends.htm

"140/160 series bricks had the following rear end ratios:
3.31:1 ---- 164/164E Automatic
3.73:1 ---- 164/164E Stick (4-sp & 4-sp + OD)
4.10:1 ---- 140 w/ B20 (automatic and 4-sp)
4.30:1 ---- 140 w/ B20E/F (4-sp + od)
4.56:1 ---- 145 w/ B18 (4-speed! no overdrive)"

So, my memory is horrible. Big surprise. :-)

I must of had a 4.30:1 rear end, then. Looks like the 4.10:1 is the "correct" ratio for an M40. Could be interesting with an M41, in terms of highway fuel economy, but I still think that performance would suffer.






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