Engine swap question

Majumbo
Majumbo Expert Adviser
edited November -1 in HUDSON
Hello,I have a 53 Hudson super wasp with a 262 hydro, I'm buying a 308 twin h power engine with a hydro out of another 53 super wasp and I was wondering if the rear end gearing would be the same on a 262. Reason being is if I should buy the drive shaft and rear end as well.

Thank you
Zach webster

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  • dave s
    dave s Senior Contributor, Moderator
    Both should have 3.07 rear end.:)
  • chopperchuck
    chopperchuck Expert Adviser
    edited September 2011
    http://classiccar.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=13&id=149041&Itemid=152
  • chopperchuck
    chopperchuck Expert Adviser
    there's a link 6th post down---to a older thread,
  • Majumbo
    Majumbo Expert Adviser
    Thnk you! I remember hearing somewhere that they are Dana rearends or something any thought or thread on stepdown rearends?
  • Majumbo
    Majumbo Expert Adviser
    Oops lol
  • Marconi
    Marconi Senior Contributor
    It depends, the 52 could have a Hudson or a Spicer rear end as they changed sometime during the year. The Hudson Diff. has a drop out center section and a welded on rear cover, the Spicer has an integral gearset an a bolt on rear cover, 53 would be a Spicer. Originally there was a small sheet metal tag under one of the lower left hand cover bolts that had the # of teeth on the pinion and ring gears, if it's still there they should be 3.08 to 1 ratios, the Hudson rear end had no tag but A/T cars were usually 3.58 to 1.
  • Majumbo
    Majumbo Expert Adviser
    So welded cover is Hudson reared, bolted cover is spicer rearend. What about the Dana? So my ultimate question is, if I swap the 262 with the 308, will the reared setups wether it be 3.07:1 or 3.58:1 work? Is one more desirable or suited more for the 308? Which is better for driving? Because my friends 60 f100 has farm gears and on the freeway 65 is pushing the motor and it's a v8.
  • Park_W
    Park_W Senior Contributor
    Dana and Spicer are the same thing. One's a subsidiary of the other.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    the 3.07 will be better for highway driving and the 3.58 better for around town and a faster takeoff.
  • chopperchuck
    chopperchuck Expert Adviser
    i'm gonna high jack this for a minute,,;) is there any place that would show the gear ratios of all Hudson's..i'm kinda curious what my 49's ratio is,
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    I think that info is in the mechanical procedure book ?
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