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Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:56 pm
by SydneyJules
Will PM you on that Micke.

Yeah the 75 TS tranny came with a 4.11 out here, and the 3.0 came with a 3.545 or 3.575... I know, because the first box I bought was a TS one, and my mechanic pulled it down to check if it was oK, and it was pitted with rust, so they swapped it for a 3.0 one.... and I was pissed off because it was the only one I could get for a reasonable price, and I had the long gearing.

Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:59 pm
by Mats
I find it quite hard to believe that even Alfa would have a special box for the AU market with a 1% lower gearing. Surely it had a std 10/40 pinion/crownwheel, or I need proof damnit! :)

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:46 pm
by Daniel
Hey, easy on the lad, he's only a commercial pilot :wink:
I'm absolutely positive that the Aus market received the 41/10 (4.1:1) set, the same as the rest of the world.
The one I'm really chasing is the 39/10 set - anyone got one that they want to trade for a 41/10 ?

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:22 pm
by Micke
Which again me thinx is a 43/11.
If you speak about the 3.91 from the 1.8T.

I have one but also a 4.1 (and a 4.3 and 4.56). I could trade away the 4.3 (43/10), preferably for a 3.55 (39/11).

I also have half a 4.78 (43/9) diff. I recall it being the crown wheel. If anybody needs it, I don't have any use of it missing the pinion.

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:42 pm
by Daniel
You may be right Micke,
I was only guessing based on the 3.55 (39/11) and the 4.1 (41/10) but I'd forgotten about the 4.3 (43/10) - I have one of those too.
I think the SZ ran a 3.9ish diff. That ratio would probably be a good match for the 3.0 24v I'm putting in my GTV.

I also would trade away my 4.3 for a nice 3.91.

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:29 pm
by SydneyJules
Wow dude you got a 4.3 behind a 24v?

Whats it like? What did you get it out of?

I love my 4.3

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 1:36 pm
by Mats
The 3.91:1 Turbo box run a different style pinion bearing, might not fit other casings. I don't know if the regular style bearing fits either since I dont have one of those apart.

Just FYI.

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 2:32 pm
by ALFA GTV6 GP
Be easier to get the Potenziata Diff.
I have three I suppose I could let one go to a good home if anyone is chasing one let me know.
John :D

Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:48 pm
by Daniel
Jules,
I'm going to run the 4.1, it's a TS LSD box.
The 4.3 came out of an '85 GTV but it is open centre / 2 planetary and would last about 5 seconds behind the 24v.
John,
What kind of money for the Potenz trans, might be good for my Dad's. I'll PM you,

0-60 Time

Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:35 pm
by cchan
Thanks for all the advise on this thread. :D After thinking about this. we have decided to also change the transaxle to the suggested Milano plat. with the LSD. This should come with the 4.10 to 1 gears since it appears that this will give me better 0-60 times at the expense of Highway driving. I am getting this from some gentlemen in Texas called Andrew. He is also going to do some other upgrades that are probally not necessary for the street but I might as well set up my Alfa correctly the first time so I will not have to do it again as was suggest by this thread.

My next question is what does everyone think this will do to the 0-60 time & 1/4 mile time. Say 1250 Kg; 270hp; 4.10 to 1 gears with LSD and other upgrades to my transaxle?? :?:

Re: 0-60 Time

Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:52 am
by Mezevenf
cchan wrote:My next question is what does everyone think this will do to the 0-60 time & 1/4 mile time. Say 1250 Kg; 270hp; 4.10 to 1 gears with LSD and other upgrades to my transaxle?? :?:
Depends on how much you want to punish your driveline/gearbox.

Dont expect it to perfrom well as a traffic light racer if you're not keen on rebuilding the gearbox/driveline shortly after :)

Re: 0-60 Time

Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:11 am
by fastcar
cchan wrote:My next question is what does everyone think this will do to the 0-60 time & 1/4 mile time. Say 1250 Kg; 270hp; 4.10 to 1 gears with LSD and other upgrades to my transaxle?? :?:
I think your 0-60 should be around 5.7 the quarter mile in the 13.5-13.7 range.
What kind of other upgrades do you mean?
I did the followings: the 2nd and 3rd gear has been slightly lightened (we dont want to do it aggressively, since the higher torque). I hope this help to speed up the spin up time at shifts
The other thing is we used Molibdene-plasma to made the syncro-rings' surface harder. I'm content with it. More than 10' kms in them and at least 500 heavy launch drag-run and they are still OK. And with original GTV linkage with original length shift-lever I can do 0.4s shifts, which are fast enough for a transaxle I think :)

Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:55 pm
by cchan
Hi Fast Car,

My transmission has lightening of all of the gears as well and should includes everything that Andrew could possibly do to this box including also cross-drilling and back-cutting all of the gears to lighten 1-5 and reverse - even the reverse idler. He also shot-peens all of the gears for strength etc etc. He also lightens the rear clutch-flywheel a bunch and I am suppose to get a fully balanced unit back


The transaxle is all setup with 50% lock-up and a semi track/street clutch should be ready to go and I am just waiting for it to be delivered. I know that this probally is not necessary for a Street show car/ Possible Club track car. I just feel that I need one of the best transaxles' and it was suggested that Andrew is one of the best builders. I hope it works well and I don't have to deal with the 2nd gear synchos grinding. Of course, I am not going to abuse it but I just want to my Alfa to have a clean up shift or down shift to 2nd gear. I feel that's not asking for much :)

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:25 pm
by constantinemacris
i know a callaway TT GTV6 is said to do 5.9 0-60 and that is said to be 240HP i think. I have one so i could get a G-Tec and try it out

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:59 pm
by cchan
Hi Constantinemacris,

Cool, you have a Callaway TT. I would be very interested in your test. When my Alfa is finished I hope it can perform as well as a Callaway. :D