Subject: RE: Power Difference Between Ambos & Eldos
Author: Gary Cheek
Date: Aug 18, 2001, 10:45 AM
Post ID: 1707913981
EXACTLY the higher numeric 4.625 of the Eldo instead of the stock 4.375
Ambo gear ,coupled with the higher numeric 1.375:1 4 speed primary drive
compared to the 1.235 of the Eldo 5 speed will allow the low end torque
deprived Ambo to get out of the whole a bunch quicker. '
overall gearing:
stock Ambo--------------------4.511
stock Eldo--------------------4.284
4speed trans/Eldo rear drive--4.769 (the same stock gearing as the even
less powerful original V700)
Hunter Jones wrote:
Howdy! Being the procrastinatin' type I ended up with the Eldo 8/37 gear on my Ambassador. I had rebuilt the whole driveline, engine, transmission, u-joint. Well I got to the rear and looked at the pile of new stuff and then glanced over to see a perfectly funtional Eldo unit. Rode off on it 30 minutes later. Been 8 years. Anywho.. The moral of the story is it FLIES down the road. The fresh engine (now has about 5K on it) with the higher numeric gear is a scream to ride. BTW Guzzi makes (or made) six (I think) different gearsets that fit the Loops, etc. I'll post the ratios if anybody wants to know. Hunter |
Gary Cheek
1971 Ambassador (I think it's sold)
1972 Eldorado Police
1974 Eldorado 4LS/Amal carb civilian