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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 05:39 PM
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just got this today bought it as standard diff opened it up to give ut a clean out etc and found this
only problem is i have no idea what it is or what oil to use

Looks like a quaife but not sure?




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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 05:45 PM
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That's a Quaife ATB unless I'm very mistaken and they use the same oil as a std diff
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 05:47 PM
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yep looks like atb to me to ! thats guna last a while
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Jay,
yep looks like atb to me to ! thats guna last a while
Are you saying they are overpriced shite pmsl
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 05:56 PM
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good as that I thought I was doing well
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by flannigan
Are you saying they are overpriced shite pmsl
IM SAYING THERE SHITE FULL STOP

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good as that I thought I was doing well
Matt you dont want to giving that diff to much stick there no better than a standard diff for handling power
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt Baxter
good as that I thought I was doing well
You have done well if you paid Ł150 ish for it my best advice would be to clean it up and sell it for approx Ł1k ish and buy a gripper diff !
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 06:08 PM
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oh right fair enough will stick it in for now and take it easy then as that was the plan anyway need to to do a front seal but at least its movable with it fitted and i can change the seal in situ next week some time
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 06:10 PM
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Don't mix you're words jay pmsl I still can't work out what part of limited slip diff it was that Quaife did not fully understand when making this pile of shit lol oh yeah it's come back to me now it was all of it !!!
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt Baxter
oh right fair enough will stick it in for now and take it easy then as that was the plan anyway need to to do a front seal but at least its movable with it fitted and i can change the seal in situ next week some time

sounds a plan now get down here for a pint
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 06:46 PM
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Quaifes are ok on a well set up fwd car boys, but otherwise generally shite I agree
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 06:48 PM
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I run the exact same diff in my 500bhp 500 for 4 years and it was perfect

You Quaife haters , lol

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Matt , Thanks for being honest and letting me know i sent you the wrong diff , nice to see there are some decent folk left

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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 06:55 PM
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You jammy git!!!

Although to deserve some luck, so good on ya!!
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Originally Posted by North Yorkshire RS Spares
I run the exact same diff in my 500bhp 500 for 4 years and it was perfect

You Quaife haters , lol

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Matt , Thanks for being honest and letting me know i sent you the wrong diff , nice to see there are some decent folk left
Really? That's a good chap right there

Paul first pipe got done and needs slightly amending, looks good though
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 08:11 PM
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Cheers Paul
as I said my conscience wouldn't let me keep me mouth shut lol
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by North Yorkshire RS Spares
I run the exact same diff in my 500bhp 500 for 4 years and it was perfect

You Quaife haters , lol

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Matt , Thanks for being honest and letting me know i sent you the wrong diff , nice to see there are some decent folk left
mate of mine has an m.a.d 450ish set up on a t38 and he broke his atb 4 times lol I think it's in the bin now!

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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 08:27 PM
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My atb works well in my fiesta but I only have 180 horses at the moment and will never put more than about 230 through it!

One of my friends in the city had a supercharged V8 m5 engined beast that made more than 800 bhp he had a Quaife diff that was fine BUT it was made to order and he had to provide max power and torque figures!
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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 03:04 AM
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Originally Posted by North Yorkshire RS Spares
I run the exact same diff in my 500bhp 500 for 4 years and it was perfect

You Quaife haters , lol

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Matt , Thanks for being honest and letting me know i sent you the wrong diff , nice to see there are some decent folk left
Driving around the bufty section at shows doesn't count Paul
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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 05:36 AM
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Originally Posted by COCHYN
Driving around the bufty section at shows doesn't count Paul


thats priceless
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