This week the only work that was done on the Mini was some welding of one of the patches for the floor. Not done yet, when I get it finished I'll post some pictures.
I also found out the 67 tooth ring gear means the transmission that came with the JDM B16 has a 4.7 final drive ratio and not the 4.4 as was stated when I purchased it. Luckily, I contacted the Honda race shop "Speed Factory" here in the area and they had a complete LS gear set in excellent shape as well as a geared LSD and were willing to install that in my case in exchange for my gear set and LSD. I love it when I can trade with no $$ involved. So now I will have a 4.266 final drive ring gear that will give me a 3.27 final ratio with the .714 5th gear. That is as good as it gets for tall gears in a B-16. Of course I need the tall gears due to the unique 10" rims the old mini is loved for. So now I should have around 3300 RPM at 60 MPH and about 3900 at 70MPH with my 165/70x10 Yokohama A032R tires. This also allows 60MPH to be at the top of second gear so only one shift will be needed for a quick 0-60 time.
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