limited slip differential

PostPost by: syrius » Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:48 am

Hi all

Have you installed a limited slip differential in your Elan ?
For example Quaife or similar ?

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PostPost by: 512BB » Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:00 am

Have you installed a limited slip differential in your Elan ?

No I havent Serge, but if you want one, I have one that I would sell!!!!!!!!!!!!

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PostPost by: GrUmPyBoDgEr » Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:22 am

Yes, me :)

But don't ask me about any driving differences etc.
It's been in there since the rebuild & the car wasn't driven too much before that because it was falling apart around my ears :oops:

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PostPost by: rgh0 » Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:14 am

Yes i drove my Elan on the road and raced it for 15 years without and then for the last 15 years with a quaiffe diff.

On the road driven in the dry little difference unless doing things that would get you in trouble with the police these days. In the wet makes the car more controllable and less likely to loose its tail through to much power application coming out of a corner if you are a little heavy footed.

On the track, much better and quicker off the line, better out of corners especially slow entry fast out corners and more controllable in the wet. No real detrimental affects to things like turn in

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PostPost by: john.p.clegg » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:51 pm

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Just fitted one last month after spraying the car behind with gravel a while ago on a spirited acceleration from a side road,they sure are heavy after a while,Quaife 5z/22t,fitted it into the diff myself and just managed a short trial run before the weather closed in,just to see if there were any noises,was as quiet as the OE diff,will be waiting till next spring to test it :D :D

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PostPost by: terryp » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:56 pm

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I have one on the Caterham, I still spin the wheels pulling out the gravel bit of the drive!

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PostPost by: Spyder fan » Thu Oct 27, 2011 6:13 pm

I have one fitted on my +2, I agree with Rohan that it's good for slow in fast out corners (on a circuit). You need to be a real hooligan on the road in the dry to get it to do it's job, but it's saved me embarrassment in the wet on quite a few occasions. Nothng short of a senior supercar can convincingly beat me from the lights either.... Solid driveshafts are a must, flexible joints cause the diff to lock up.

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PostPost by: syrius » Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:27 pm

OK many thanks for your answer

In fact I have on installed on the my Elan coming from USA ,
but I have a "clonck" when I start and turn left between 0 and 10 kms/H
After that its running well
I exchange oil by Redline 75X90 + additive for split differntial without succes
Its installed with a CV joints .

which way I need to investigate ?

thanks for your help

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