if you decide to buy a diff i would recommend a plated diff if you mainly do drag racing! if you like the road and track days you best off with a quaife.
David.
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if you decide to buy a diff i would recommend a plated diff if you mainly do drag racing! if you like the road and track days you best off with a quaife.
David.
Not into locked diffs if thats what you meant.
My old skyline with 360bhp had a drifting welded diff, and I got 14.4 @ 109.7mph !!!! Awful launches every time and it clunked round corners and skipped.
Cheers!
Jon.
Quote:
Originally Posted by david dixon
no no not fully locked, you can have what spec you want from plated.....just about anyway and they work much better from what i have seen and felt.
that said i am using a 90% locked diff this time around lol
David.
I agree dave, my plate diff on my old G40 was awesome for dragging...
ATB are deffo a track diff, not great for the strip, in FWD anyway..
diffs are always a good thing :thumb: but i will disagree with one point, the plated format is by far the best for a track orientated car. Quaife in my eyes is more of a road/occasional track/occasional qtr type diff. But for anything more permanent its got to be plate all of the way.
Anyone who claims the atb is defo a track diff should really drive with both and in varying conditions for the ultimate test, then make an assumption :thumb: (if you havent lol) .
when i ran the quarter in my old baby 8v the diff was no real gain at all imo, but then running low 14's is nothing compared to some of you guys so it's probably all relative to the cirmustances :) .
youtube vids - the drag runs in my nova
external ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA0y8eUNtpU
in-car .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PuE6ummgjg
:d
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I have run both on various cars, although not in a Nova...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan
Plate gave me nearly 0.4 on the strip, most an ATB ever gave me was 0.2, but granted that was on diff cars...
A ATB didn't really do me any joy with a LET on the strip, wheel spin through 1, 2 and a bit jumpy in 3rd! but its horses for course
David.
interested in your experianceQuote:
Originally Posted by Dan
ive been told that a plate diff can be terrible for a fwd car on track, and the reasons make sense to me
for a vehical to turn both wheels need to be travling at diffferent speeds, a plate diff stops this and will make both want to turn at the same speed this was my understanding why it can make fwd cars just want to understeer.
i can imagine it will all depend on the ramp angles of the plated diffs
David.
Car - Mk1 Nova Saloon x16xe with cone filter and Ashley Exhaust.
Tyres Falken 195/45/14 @ 20psi
Estimated car weight - 710kg
Time - 14.6428 @ 92.6 mph
60ft - 2.18
Run at - York Raceway 7/8/10
Thats fantastic mate, keep it up
David.
Cool, I'm going York tomoz (Weather permitting) :)
Quote:
Originally Posted by milko96
I cant be arsed to play the 'ive been told' game lol we both know you know your stuff in general. Having run the plate variety over the last 5/6 years i base my views on my experience, i'm no tech head as such, but i know what works. My last 2 builds have told the whole story through pictures/movies and obviously at club events for all to see and even have a go of as my previous build had more pilots than a 747 lol lolQuote:
Originally Posted by a1bob
Your more than welcome to research my build threads and see for yourself, be it this one or the last as its all there to see minus any, what did you call it, understeer?? lol lol lol :thumb: :thumb:
yeah it was well crap driving the 8v with a plate diff.....lol
14.1@72mph
15.1@60mph
15.9@40mph
Too much power!Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul
Or was this in the Vectra? lol
In the Nova, I was letting off half way down due to a miss.Quote:
Originally Posted by scott.parker
I finally found the problem after three times of trying but the queue was too long so I came home.
Thats a shame mate, look on the Shakespeare raceway site, and if you want you can come stay at mine on a weekend there doing RWYB, as it's £20? all day UNLIMITED RUNS :thumb: , sod the pod! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Paul
Scott
Let us know when your doing one scott n ill see if i can make it
I think these are the only date's left that are public days..Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul
October 2nd/3rd - Public Track Day RWYB Weekend, Ford Fever Day ET Bracket Gamblers Race *(Sunday only)
Lets go upset the Ford boys.. lol
October 16th/17th - Public Track Day RWYB Weekend
ET Bracket Gamblers Race *(Sunday only)
October 30th/31st - Halloween Bonfire Burn-Up RWYB Weekend
ET Bracket Gamblers
Im happy to try kill it at any of these days, lets see if we can get A PROPER CLUB turn out here, maybe just ONCE?? :thumb:
Scott
Car-X25XE - Nova - 205.4BHP max Torque 253.4 Ftlb
Tyres-Medium grade 195-60-14" yokahomas comp tyres
Estimated car weight-Around 820kg- Stripped interior apart from SR drivers seat/dash
Time-14.13 @99.78mph
Reaction-0.3530
Run at-Santa Pod (June 2010)
Got a new personal best today at York Raceway :)
Car-c20let - Nova - 240bhp (Stage 1)
Tyres-195's
Estimated car weight-870kg? - pulled the back seats out and the MDF speaker tray from the back.
Time- 13.35 @ 108.92 mph
60ft -2.3secs ( not very good )
Run at-York Raceway 30-08-2010
12.7@128mph
2.5- 60 ft
Car-Mk1 MR2 turbo 265bhp
Tyres-205/45 R16 Toyo T1R
Estimated car weight-Around 1200kg
Time-13.47 @ 103mph
60 ft-2.0
Run at-York Raceway 10/10/10
I used to have a rev 2 mr2 turbo, it was pretty much standard, nice cars, very good for launching, shed loads of grip.
I think I got 14.3 @ 95 ish in mine back in 2004 ... did boost it up before I sold it but never raced it in the end.
Wouldn't mind another one tbh, rev 3 with a big turbo can be found cheap (450ps +)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lee H
Mine has the rev 2 engine as well but with rev 3 turbo, loom and injectors. I couldn't believe the grip I had running road tyres and no LSD!
I remember killing cossies off the line, but then they caught me up! But yeah, aweseome at drag racing, can compete with the scoobies etc, I always thought they lacked a bit of top-end grunt tho with standard turbo, not very revvy, but the rev3 was the more revvy one
Car - Astra GTE MK2 Turbo 280bhp (EDS Phase 2).
Tyres - Toyo T1-S (195's).
Estimated car weight - 1050KG stripped out?
Time - First ever run with a poor start - 13.9.....106mph terminal.
Santa Pod.
They are lacking a bit top end, only managed two terminals over 100mph whereas most of the other cars I were up against were managing more. Going to fit a metal headgasket over winter and go for more boost I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by bodleytunes
Car-Corsa A c20xe
Tyres-Toyo R888
Estimated car weight-Around 820kg- Stripped interior apart from SR drivers seat/dash
Time-13.912 @95,34 mph
Reaction-0.237
Run at Flughplatz Bitburg, (GER)
My old nova 16v did it in 14.6 @ 101mph
my old nova turbo phase 3 EDS chips,F20 open diff 13.01.........best i could get :-( just couldnt afford to put an F28 in it !
Hi, im new here...
My nova has a C20XE and is not on slicks or gas and runs:
12.538 @ 109mph
with 2 flat 60ft
A bit more info on the car?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mincyballs
What info you after?Quote:
Originally Posted by wwmnw
steel bottom end, high comp, mechanical profile cams, jenvey bodies, emerald ecu, gaz coilivers all round, fibregalss boot and bonnet
Full engine spec and pics (when you are able to post pics) What box you running Im not doubting you but the for a front wheel drive car only doing 109mph to acheive a fast 1/4 like that seems odd.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mincyballs
Thats fair enough its F20 box with tran-x plate diff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gareth_C
Engine:
C20XE
High comp
Steel Bottom end
ultra light fly wheel
twin plate 7 1/4 clutch
+1mm valves
solid lifters
double sprung
newman phase 5 cams
jenvey 48mm bodies
bosch 044
2x red top lift pumps
fuel swirl
internal tank
prob left some thing out!
sorry its was 110mph its on the ultimate street car website its won usc class A 2009 and 2010 check the show reports i would post link but apparently not allowed :-/
I do have a vid of a 12.8 run but dont know how to post.
sounds good mate im aiming for those times this year hopefully just got to get a good map on it and see where it goes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mincyballs
There is info all over the place to tell you how to post pics and vids, but if you've got it uploaded to youtube or photobucket etc just post the video link.
I did see you cant post links yet, need 15 posts first.