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 Post subject: Re: Quaife LSD
PostPosted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 5:05 pm 
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I got a great deal on the back of an Ausmini group buy from Swiftune. Talk to Nick Swift.

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 Post subject: Re: Quaife LSD
PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 12:32 pm 
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drmini in aust wrote:
I can see the point of these in a rally car, but why fit one in a fwd road car? It is a lot of dough..! (says he who has none) :)


These are really brilliant, I really can't rate them high enough - when accelerating out of corners it is like having really, really sticky front tyres. The two things I did in my build that were really expensive but totally worth it were the Quaife diff and the 123 programmable distributor.


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 Post subject: Re: Quaife LSD
PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 5:44 pm 
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Mine did not fit properly without removing some metal from the diff cover arch. It was touching the diff "case" and preventing it from turning.
I guess everyone knows about the use/do not use gasket rules. Mine was without,
Spoke to Swiftune and got the shims sorted out but still had to do the above irrespective of which end the diff sat.
No big deal, just dremeled some of the metal away. I would highly recommend a dummy install before you Loctite or use gasket.

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 Post subject: Re: Quaife LSD
PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 7:23 pm 
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That is correct, you do need to grind out a bit of metal (even in the A+ gearbox). The reseller told me about this beforehand (even before I committed) so it wasn't a big deal for me.


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 Post subject: Re: Quaife LSD
PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 7:51 am 
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I have my speedway Mini sitting here for someone to come and buy it for all it's good bits including the Jack Knight Limited slip diff, 1.5:1 Roller rockers, Planetary geared starter. Pad type clutch Bosch Electronic Distributor. and much more. All has to go .

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