dom123

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i'm in the market for a new diff maybe this month but i cant decide which internal to get one with....

from what ive seen, the quaiffe tends to be kinder to the crown gear and pinion, as ive seen some stand still burn outs done with a 420bhp rwd escos and it took that with the brakes appiled slightly and drove away..

ive also the same stunt done with a gripper and the crown gear exploded...

so i'm not sure what to invest in as i want to give lots of abuse and also i'd want it to be good for drifting...

any ideas?

cheers my escos is rwd..

lloydmotorsport

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i broke the 7inch gripper diff i had twice,
but when i fitted the 71/2 version it was fine.i did lots of heavy launches at totb,and it never broke.

dom123

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did the gripper part break or the crown wheel/pinion?

cheers

markk

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the atb will be easier on the crown wheel as they dont transmit all the power all the time to both wheels.

the plated is the best diff to have.

dom123

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so would you say then for stand still burnouts the quaiffe is the better option for strength? what out ball out launches?

lloydmotorsport

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it was the gripper part that broke.
the 7 1/2 inch unit is twice the size of the 7 inch version,and lots stronger.

cossyking

i got a 71/2 inch in my 3 door quaife and i broke it. it was the pinion tho not diff now fitted uprated crown and pinion and its spot on. quaife say a cosworth wont produce enough power to kill there diffs

dom123

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where can you buy a uprade crown wheel and pinion i didnt think they were avalible...how much power were you running to shit the pinion?

markk

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the cwp will always be your problem, if you looking to 'burn out' then the gripper will have to spin both wheels, the quaife will allow one wheel to spin, for full bore launches you will not beat a plated.

Dan@Rapid-Ford

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I've got a gripper I broke the cross shaft in it once in 4years of use. You have to get gripper diffs rebuilt every couple of years as the preload drops off.

Grippers are more lively than Quaifes they drift like a welded diff as they lock up.

Abuse will break either but IMO for fucking about you can't beat a Gripper.

jb fletch

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For fu*kin about you cant beat a welded

Did a Gripper, done crown wheels, snapped a pinion in half, the bell that slots through & bolth the drive shaft to, snapped one of them as well. Think I've busted a bust in everyway possible

For fun & cost, you cant beat a welded, if you can live wit the slow speed whell scrub that is

jb

Gav Diamond

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Never broke my Gripper, its been in the car 6yrs and prob done a good 12,000 miles and this year spent a day at pod doing 7k launches on drag radials all day long, sent it to Bara to reset the pre load etc and give it a full check over, Bara stripped it down and all it needed was some new bearing but he said they were not overly worn and that the diff unit was spot on.

Cannot fault it.

andrewg

the gripper diff in kennys 500bhp focus cossie has been around us for 10 years been rally cars track cars had loads of abuse with no probs. quaife is a good strong diff too thou but not a great lsd

dom123

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so it sounds like if you have a quaiffe diff you wont blow anything... as no one has said they have broken a cwp in all of these repleys with quaiffe diffs?

andrewg

what it comes down is what you want,,a good lsd unit or one that does't break and i wouldn't say never

XRT_si

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Totally agree! Went through a few standard diffs and welded was great fun, until I done the crown and pinion!

BIG.GEOFF.H

ive got 2 2wd cossie cars with quaife in and given a lot of abuse for years and never broke em. padle clutch, fast launchs doughnuts and lots of sideways still very good