What are people's experiences with this setup?

What ratio is the diff? It's the jag unit.

Don't know much about it but would like to. Cheers

Thanks

 

Been on mine for many years the diff will be a 3.54 i expect but check out the tags . One tag will give diff ratio & the other say PL if the diff is Power Loc.

 

Thanks for the reply Rod.

Ive done a search on here and there appears to be mixed feelings about them, but not always from people who have had the setup, so keen to get views from people who have had / still have them fitted.

What's it like to drive with? Does it make the back end feel more planted?

Thanks

 

contact brom and ask him about it im sure he will help

 

is he now back working . last i new he was in jail

thanks steven

 

I think the accleration figures for my car speak for themselves with Power Loc grip is immense. Ive had a quaife & you cant compare the two.

 

How is your gearbox ratio, compare to oe Cosworth then?

 

My overall gearing is within 1.5% of oe Cosworth.

T5 .83 DIFF 3.62 with 235/40/18 tyres 8K in 5th = 208.8mph
TKO .8 DIFF 3.54 with 235/40/18 tyres 8k in 5th = 205.8mph

 

he still does bits and bobs

 

save your money and buy a proper built item

 

Does he still have his 3door?

 

after all the time it's been in rods with out issue I'd have thought it already falls into the built properly category lol

 

really must be the "one that got away" then.

 

One of the first Jag conversons was done to a Sierra in approx 1988, it was for a budget car to compete against the cost of the works items.

I bought the beam and diff from that car in 1998, it was built on the original XJS type not the later item, though the diff units are the same power loc units.

The later conversion i.e as in Rods car was inspired from when my own car was seen by a few on this forum .

My conversion worked on the oe shafts, so no makiing new shafts, the conversion is very cheap tbh and works very well, if its put together correctly.

 

See this is where it gets difficult, as Rods car is testament that it can't be that bad, as I don't think I'd fancy doing 200mph with a rear setup I didn't trust.
Out of interest Rod, is yours the tubular arm setup?

Cheers

 

Yes Rod's is awesome, but I've seen others and wouldn't want a ZOO beam in my car

 

Not difficult mate what you must understand is its my car for a minority everything thats fitted to it is shite, they are experts im not . These guys earn there living being Cossie experts so I have to except they know best well untill it comes to creating a fast car .

 

rods car proves how good it can work, i wouldnt hesitate to have it if i had a big power cossie, the whole conversion would be much cheaper than just one of those 10" ford diffs wouldnt it ? before i get shot in flames im not 100% sure it is 10" but the proper diff iirc was it the one they used in btcc ? mega money diff like Ł4000 odd ?

 

indeed not

 

9" Ford you mean. Don't think anyone is slating having a Jag diff conversion, just a ZOO beam!

 

nothing wrong with a ford 9 inch or jag diff just the zoo beams we have seen
but they were just 6 degree ones with std diffs
horrendous fabrication and welding
one particular one we checked for a guy the arms wouldn't move
we had to issue a section 58

 

well i was only 1" out, thats near enough for any farmer lol

whats wrong with the zoo beams does the welding/build quality leave abit to be desired ?

 

you could say that

 

A friend of mine had one, and it was crabbing badly. Bit like a lot of the Adrenaline beams

 

Tony ,do you still sell the supra conversion ???