Re: LSD diffs & camber for 200B struts

[KFZ]

I like that....

Kev

At 12:09 AM 06/08/2000 +1000, you wrote:
>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.
>>
>> ----------
>> 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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