Johnny Knoxville

What are the benefit's and what FWD fords have them?

Mr RS500

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Is FWD ,, Front wheel drive , or Four wheel drive ???

Red16

usually FWD is front wheel drive, i thought 4wd fords had equal length shafts straight out of the box.

equal length drive shafts help to reduce torque steer allegedly

Johnny Knoxville

FWD=Front wheel drive
4WD=4 Wheel drive

I was wanting to know about it in front wheel drive ford cars?

Red16

Jano @ Oddkid Creations does an equal length shaft kit if memory serves me right, drop him a pm

gus

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does he really???




hmmmmmmm



hope he sees this then, i woul dlike to know some more


i knew he done uprated ones (thicker i think) but then i would rather do a shaft then a box

Red16

i believe so, think you need an MTX75 box tho.

someone on pf has an equal length set up on their escort... ive seen it but cant remember 100% who.

gus

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mtx damm it

Mr RS500

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Sorry i asked

OldDan

Mk5 Fiesta does. Well, the Zetec-S at least.

rapidcossie

friend of mine has just fitted a MTX-75 box to his S1

equal length drive shafts help reduce wheelspin and torque steer

Rossco

I swear some ome MK1 Fiestas do

crazycage

how can anyone have equel lenth drive shafts on a fwd car when the gearbox is offset to the passenger side ???????

Red16

they use 3 shafts, its a strange set up, all will come clear when jano spots this thread i assume

crazycage

i wouldnt mind seeing a pic of this ?

gus

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quaife use to do them



just not been arsed to chase them up about in the past

nigel b

mk1 xr2's had this set up
the off side shaft was solidly mounted from the box to a mount on the engine then uses a shaft the same length as the near side

Rossco

The system can work very well, my mate had a Calibra turbo lump in a Vectra with equal lengh shafts and that had good traction and little torque steer

Johnny Knoxville

cool thanks guy

wirralphil

mk4/5/6 fiesta's use this also some focus's.

Versus_Creations

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all the info is out there. Just not on public forums where all my ideas get raped.

Johnny Knoxville

Ford thought of these 1st

Versus_Creations

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Actually they didnt think of them first, they copied another well know design.

James

Indeed, i believe it was chrysler who first thought and used the idea.

1.3/1.6 mk1 fiestas had it as did mk2 1.3&1.4 i think!

Not sure if it will cure torque steer or not though? anyone who's driven a high spec mk1 xr2 in the wet will tell you theres plenty of torque steer!

Johnny Knoxville

Where is it please?

Versus_Creations

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on my site the info is...

ALSO EQUAL LENGTH WILL HELP IN SO MANY WAYS!!!!

Johnny Knoxville

your site please?

Rippers

The job would basically consist of a custom offside 2 piece shaft but when I looked into them it was from a Zetec bottom end point of view as they have the rear mount bracket for the two piece shaft. Not sure what you would do about CVH as I've no idea whether the CVH bottom ends had the same brackets

I recon that prob shaft company in luton could make you one if you had the measurements

Red16

you not thinking of wheelspin instead of torque steer?

you would need the tyres to grip for it to be torque steering

PF Dave

Dean at Shepherds converted his XR2 to run equal length driveshafts with the centre bearing design as per the later Fiesta's and for sure the Fiesta ST.

Give him a ring as I know for a fact it was constructed from existing O/E Ford parts that for relatively little cost can be converted to most CVH / ZVH / Zetec / BC / IB5 combo's AFAIK.

Shepherds, 01245 477999

gus

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good work dave


they open now

M K

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wonder if he can fit me 1 before the grudge match or use it to his advantage and say he's out of parts

Fiecos Dan

i run a equal drive shaft setup on my TT.


They come std on 1.4s mk2 fiesta's.

GARETH T

well i didnt know that

wul young

just finished putting mtx7 box in my motor,i have used 3 piece driveshaft setup,it is easier to do when you have zetec block as the mounting point for the bracket to hold shaft on is already there,it does need modified though,as does everything else,nothing is a straight bolt on when doin this conversion,just hope its worth it!!!
but both my outer shafts are exactly the same size,therefore keeping torquesteer to a minimum.

Rick

Dan - why only on the 1.4's? What box is it?

I'd want it on an MTX75 - prob the most desired thing for me.

Fiecos Dan

the first fiesta i turbo'd was a 1.4s.


But i have done back to back tests with equal and std drive shafts, and to be honest their wasn't much difference on my 190 bhp mk2.

Fiecos Dan

it runs a std 5 speed bc box, the only reason i can think of, is the 1.4s was brought out in 1987/8, and was a newer design compared to the xr2.

Versus_Creations

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hillzy2k

If i remember correctly mk1 fez supersports and xr2s had this setup as well as mk2 1.4cvhs. mk4/5 fiesta have it and i believe some escorts. by using a combination of fiesta/escort parts it wouldnt be hard to make suitable shafts for a mk3/4 escort as ive mix/matched escort/fiesta shafts when putting xflows into mk1 fiestas and an original xr2 shaft is unavailable. Give a company called shaftec a ring or look through their application guide and it will give dimensions of every shaft they do. its also useful for the V******L boys when putting redtops in their N**As and arstras