Nick 1200 sedan Race car - Shit this things needs finishing

[Blair]

The diff is a BW which if you ask Bart he'll tell you there crap.

Ok whats a BW Diff and why does Bart think they are crap??

[Dattodevil]

Borg Warner diff, and if Bart says they are crap, then they probably are.

[Blair]

Yeah I just when and read that chat on DOCNZ about them....

[nick_m]

Barts experience is with the 2 pinion ones. Which pretty everyone agrees are absolute rubbish. The 4 pinion ones are a shed load stronger and I doubt the SR will even tickle it. The unknown is how good the LSD will feel and how long it lasts. There is certainly a lot of 1200's in Aus rocking them behind ca18det's so i'm hopeful.
If I ever need to replace it i'll go another route (and I won't ever listen to the diff shop's advice again) but only because of what I now know about Cone LSd's. When they let go they like to let go in spectacular fashion.
I'm not quite sure what route I would go as an alternative as I'm not really that impressed with hilux ones either. There is a distinct lack of good LSD's available in the 7.5" - 8" range.

[Bartman]

I was reading up about the four pinion 28 spline skyline ones on an aussie mopar forum. Guys use them in their vals with good results. guys do 11's on them. Plus they don't sap as much power as ford 9 incher's do.

[nick_m]

They get a lot of use (obviously) over in aus. I guess they are like our hilux diffs here. Not necessarily fantastic but up to the job.
What I'm most interested in is now that its been all shimmed up and nice and tight, is how long it stays nice and tight. Hopefully longer than a equivilant hilux ?

[Blair]

I see. Thanks for the info, both of you.

[Godzilladat]

Looks great nick, good to see it with a motor and rolling!

[nick_m]

Well heres the beginnings of my pedal box. There's still a bit more to do but its getting there.....







You'll probably notice its just propped in there at the moment. I'm going to go and talk to the cert man about ways of physically mounting it to the the car but I should hopefully get the mc mounting and the rest of the bracing finished this week

[Brnwgn]

looking good nick! i should have done sumthing similar in the rallycar.