driveline · FF-0527

What rear end gearing did the Ford V8-60 cars use?

Ed says a ring and pinion from a car with the Ford 60 motor, 1937 to 1940, would have been a 4.44. Barry asks whether they were geared much higher and Ed agrees. Ed remembers going to junkyards to get those gears for their dirt track cars with 60 horsepower Flathead motors.

Expert

Ed Smith

Evidence

expert attributed

Component

ring and pinion gear ratio

Applicable scope

Ford V8-60 cars from 1937 to 1940, as Ed recalls them