clarke5700

Chip

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Welded diffs are fine once you are moving along, they are a bit of PITA at low speeds though.

Thing is though, the will exagerate a lack of front end grip, and most 340's have fucked racks and knackered bushes and really poor front end grip, so the rear gets even more say in where the front goes, if you weld up an MX5 though by comparison it drives surprisingly well still even at really low speeds.

So its as much cause the car is shit as cuse of the welder IMHO

clarke5700

o dear lol well i think ill drive it til it breaks then scrap it lol any one want a volvo??

Stavros

ive had 2x Volvo 300 series with welders, and 3 other cars with them too, as well as driving god knows how many other peoples with them.

they fine, only ever notice them sub 5mph when turning tight corners, aside from that sort of speed a "proper" (ie not some shite standard viscous etc) diff feels the same.

id say your just a bit gay

DEFFO wouldnt say 340s/360s are any worse with them than any other cars either.

jb fletch

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I've drive the same car with 7 welded diff's in !! Lot's of people on here have been out in my car wit the welded in & as Stav/Chip say slow speeds you do feel the tyres scrubbin, but thats to be expected your'll also hear any play you have in the CWP, shafts, prop, diff mounts etc as the car scrubs.

As for the steerin, I can't really comment, I've not got PAS on mine & when parkin etc it's as heavy as fook anyways !! Didn't notice any major difference when fitted the welder in over the plated & standard items I had before !!

jb

dunketh

Its gonna screach and step out under cornering. Both wheels arent supposed to be turning at the same rate. Why did you weld it? These things are easy enough to get sideways as standard.
I suppose its a trade off between being proper mad funny and a proper pain in the rear.

Stavros

that stepping out thing is rubbish really, if anything they inrease understeer, just means once you make it oversteer they can be kept like it, wheras a gay open diff naturally pulls you back in.

Get the back end out of a sec and hold sideways are 2 different things.

One you can do with an open diff, one you cant.

jb fletch

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Your'd be suprised at how much they don't wanna "kick out" when cornering !!And you ONLY notice the scrubbing at VERY low speeds/tight corners.

It is good fun tho !!

jb

clarke5700

you aint met my misses then? ive hear alot about u as it goes

Stavros

eh? ooooh i get it, was pretty obvious i didnt mean gay in a "sucking mens cocks way" wasnt it

dunno how youd hear anything about me tho

dunketh

lol.
They're meant for middle aged fathers to ferry the family about in - the very characteristic you mention above is supposed to be a good thing.
Volvo didn't make the cars with hooligans in mind.

Kverna

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Welded diff is fun when wet, but in parkingareas, roundabouts and snow they are utter shit. Had some close calls when just cruising along with 3cm snow. Front just plowed straight on, little tap on the gas, tail stepped out like no tomorrow. It's an on or of thing with the poweroutput I've got

Nash_mr2

why would you weld the diff on an every day used car? the tyres will not last long and it's now dangerous, and its a shitty volvo.....

Chip

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We dont have snow to worry about here, it very rarely snows at all and when it does the roads get salted so it all melts.

Kverna

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Then you really need to take a trip We got some roads with 3meters of snowbanks on eachside of the road, and no cars driving there at all

Chip

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Sounds like a lot of fun.

Chip

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Stage 1 now complete clarkey:


So its onto stage 2 of the pikey drift prep:

clarke5700

why who is a hooligan???

clarke5700

lol ive got leaf springs on the back probaly gonna make some blocks up lol

Chip

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Thats the spirit, get it decked

clarke5700

lol give it time

XRT_si

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I offically LOVE this Volvo now, had more fun in this than my Cossie in the space of 5mins. think ill be buying it off him

Chip

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Bring it to southend next wednesday for the PF meet clarkey

rst in breaking

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i keep trying to get him out, come on clarkey

XRT_si

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He says he will be a long as the clutch and prop hold up

Chip

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First one I ever had for pissing about going sideways, the bellhousing itself blew to pieces, apparently quite a common issue on them, as I know a couple of other people who have had the same, lol

So much for volvo build quality, same as with the steering issues, lol

rst in breaking

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should get your mate out in her one chip, great laugh watching her drift

Chip

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Yeah, she's cool.

She'll be there anyway I expect, she normally is.

rst in breaking

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i thought she was great to watch . steve has my head now, fingers crossed it will be back saturday and running sunday- poss sat night for southend

Stavros

bellhousing? never heard of one go?

340s props destroy themselves as they shite (and why people should just use a 360), but not bellhousings? cant think why the bellhousing would do?

Chip

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Fuck knows why, but was definately the bell housing, bits of it where everywhere.

Didnt bother to look at why, just weighed it in for 50 quid and bought another one for 20 quid

clarke5700

yea ill be there mite put a clutch in it some time over the week end if any one has got a prop it would be a big help lol and (or) gear box i all ways get a bit worried when pissing about that its going to go bang if i had a spair box ect would build my confidence up lol