No, no, no. Fairey, Toro and Santana are all completely different
animals. Santana is WAY better, Toro holds more oil and has a better
input gear than a fairey. The Santana has totally different internals
and a much larger case. I believe the synchro is a rover piece.
Peter Ogilvie wrote:
>
> Toro was more or less a Faerey, as I understand, so no improvement on the
> Faerey. The Toro might even have been just a rebadged Faerey (correct me if
> I'm wrong). From what I understand, there isn't a lot you can do with the
> internals because of gear teeth compatability and the space you have to work
> with. So the Santana unit wasn't a lot different than the Faerey. It was
> primarily the case that differed. It was larger and allowed more room for
> oil. Quite possibly, it's the added oil capacity and thus cooler running
> and better lubrication of the internals that accounts entirely for the more
> robust reputation of the Santana. All the above is what I gleaned from the
> net so could be wrong.
>
> Your information is a little dated, Alex. TI Console sold the last of the
> Santana's at least a year ago. The only new O/Ds that are on the market,
> now, are RDS's Faerey units. I believe it was the Santanas that actually
> lead the price rise to over a $1,000, though this is from memory. The
> Santana's weren't cheaper, its just that RDS is now charging more for the
> new Faereys. From what I understand, the Santana unit has no spare parts
> available so if it goes in the direction of RDS, you are SOL. At least with
> the Faerey, you can get parts from George Laird so may be able to keep the
> Faerie going forever or at least your lifttime.
-- Jim Hall 1966 88" Elephant Chaser http://www.users.qwest.net/~jimfoo "You know, I never really damaged my Rover 'till I started wheeling with Jim." Mitch Stockdale
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