the guy's nickname was 'datto' apparently!
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brad HALLETT
Sent: Saturday, 5 August 2000 11:39 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: LSD diffs & camber for 200B struts
Just down drive a Landcruiser in Darwin, the RAAF don't seem to like 'em...
I wonder if the owner said 'Bugga' as the F-18 Hornet dropped its 130kg
Stinger through his poor old FJ40 hehehehe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Errol Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: LSD diffs & camber for 200B struts
> Kev,
> Sounds like the way you do things in Darwin are pretty effective. I like
> the idea of the cut down Falcon BW diff!
> Lister Heath also mentioned cutting down GM diffs. What falcon diff did
you
> use for the 1200? Were the axles re-splined and if so were the splines
> rehardened. Using Ford parts makes a change from Ford racers using Datto
> cranks to keep there (grenades with pin pulled out) together Huh!
> What is the club racing scene like in Darwin, (how many entries per club
> day?)
> Cheers
> Feral Errol.
>
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> From: KFZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Rob: LSD diffs & camber for 200B struts
> Date: Saturday, August 05, 2000 11:42
>
>
>
>
> Rob,
>
>
> Sound like to me you are making a easy job hard.
>
>
> This is how we do this in Darwin...
>
>
> I run a 1200 couple with a L18 as a club/road car.
>
>
> This is what I done.
>
>
> 1. The diff is a cut down BW froma falcon with a 4.11 LSD center. Very
> cheap to do and heaps of different ratios to choose from. I did have a
1200
> ute diff but after too many broken axles at the drags and black top
racing,
> the ford diff has fixed this.
>
>
> 2. I fitted Ford XC front camber bolts to my cross member, fitted
> adjustable strut tops and put more thread on the caster rods. Now the
front
> end in fully adjustable.
>
>
>
> My car spec are:
>
>
> L18 with webers - std bottom end but with flat top pistons
>
> Home ported head
>
> Datrally intake with more home porting
>
> SSS Automotive cam
>
> Cross flow falcon radiator
>
> Home made lighten flywheel
>
> Solid clutch
>
> Skyline 5 speed
>
> Ford diff
>
> 240k front struts
>
> 11" VL ventelated front brakes
>
> 180B rear DRUMS !
>
> front springs are std 200b with a bit cut out
>
> rear are home made
>
> 8 pt cage and seats etc...
>
> weight ready to race 1010kg with fuel
>
> 1/4 mile in 15.2 sec
>
> clocked by radar (on the race track) at 198k/h
>
>
> Was featured in FF&R a few years ago
>
>
> The car was bulit in 1994 and the engine has not been apart yet but is now
> beening swapped for a SR20 (without a turbo to stay in the under 2LT
> class).
>
>
> All road legal and regoed too
>
>
> Well thats my 20 cents worth
>
>
> Kev
>
>
>
>
> From: Robert Marshall <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Subject: LSD diffs & camber for 200B struts
>
> Date: Friday, August 04, 2000 12:44
>
> I have 2 issues to deal with in order finish my project.
>
>
> 1st - choosing an appropriate limited slip diff.
>
> 2nd - Working out how to get the camber right with 200B struts.
>
>
> I have a 120Y 4-door, soon to be converted to 2-door, with a
>
> heavily worked CA18DE motor.
>
>
> First issue is choosing a LSD for it. For now i am going for a Nissan
>
> Vanette (or C20) limited slip diff; I'll have to shorten it unless i use
>
> the Datsun Roadstar Ute diff carrier/housing and put the LSD case from the
>
> Vanette into the Ute diff carrier.
>
> Have i got any other options on the LSD drama, as i would prefer taller
>
> final gear ratios; at present i would be stuck with 4.1:1, and I really
>
> want more top end speed.
>
>
> Second issue is the 200B struts that i have sucessfully put on to my car.
>
> They will do the business, as long as i can measure or work out how to
>
> adjust up the camber. As they are the camber is wrong.
>
>
> Any help appreciated,
>
> Cheers Rob.
>
>
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