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Old 10-17-2020, 01:59 PM   #4
VeryTangled
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Default Re: 1936 Ford rearend gear ratio and speed

My very stock '36 Phaeton, when we got it around 2009 with the 4.11 gearset was "done for" at about 55mph, like you are reporting. I'm pretty sure it would have handled more, I wasn't going there.

After CharlieNY supplied a rear with the 3.78 set the top end speed went up 10 to 15 mph. The car could do over 70 if I was brave enough.
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