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Im thinking about it for my second Syncro without a front locker

jed the spread wrote:They look a bit good dont they Always more stuff to look at hey?

jed

Id hazard a guess that the shipping would make it really pricey.

Mrs is making a trip soon if you want it brought back. Probably save you about £300 with shipping and customs.

mrmule wrote:Mrs is making a trip soon if you want it brought back. Probably save you about £300 with shipping and customs.

Hmmm ..... I suppose it would be sensible to ask GoWesty first!!

Ask what? If it fits the front diff? Their description does seem to infer that. Regarding shipping, I doubt they care. You'd have to ship to a CA address btw either 94590 or 95252.

syncropaddy wrote:Fancy one of those LSD's in the front diff ...... Wonder how it would be?

IIRC having a LSD up front can be a bit of a handful, but that maybe only on hi-po front-wheel drive cars (torque steer and then some* or just plain chronic understeer under power) I don't know about Torsen diffs in this application.

*PAS would be essential for safe driving, regardless of your upper body strength...

Oh no, think it would add something alright! I love fighting the front locker

Fancy one of those LSD's in the front diff ...... Wonder how it would be?

Me too Andrew
wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder,wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder,

and it does fit I thought he said.

silverbullet wrote:

syncropaddy wrote:Fancy one of those LSD's in the front diff ...... Wonder how it would be?

IIRC having a LSD up front can be a bit of a handful, but that maybe only on hi-po front-wheel drive cars (torque steer and then some* or just plain chronic understeer under power) I don't know about Torsen diffs in this application.

*PAS would be essential for safe driving, regardless of your upper body strength...

Emm Ian, its a Syncro so we dont have enough torque to have torque steer and not enough power for understeer !!!

Had a bit more fun yesterday:

There's always a Land Rover that needs to be pulled out by a Syncro ..............

mrmule wrote:

syncropaddy wrote:driveability

Massive improvement over the stock open diff in the snow.

Do you know if it fits in either front or rear Syncro diff?

I spoke to Go Westy about their Torque Biasing Diff and they confirmed that their one fits front diff and rear diff and does not effect the driveability at all. This is interesting, an automatic device up front when you need it and even when you need it and dont know you need it! A bit like a VC really. An LSD would give the same result but do it in a different way and the driveability would depend on the torque setting on the clutches ...... hmmmm

Hmmm indeed! Who's going to offer to put one my way for a free trial (that is, I don't charge them for my unbiased 'report' ), hehe

Guys, if you're really keen, then there's 15% off if you purchase on the 2nd March, saving $180. Shipping to my sister in law is $30, plus a beer for me and my misses can bring back.

mrmule wrote:Guys, if you're really keen, then there's 15% off if you purchase on the 2nd March, saving $180. Shipping to my sister in law is $30, plus a beer for me and my misses can bring back.

Kind offer but Ive just bought a brand new RHD power steering rack and a pile of other crap off e bay so my parts budget wont take $1200 till next month!

That diff is heavier than a standard Ryanair allowance you know !!!

Really?


IMGP2610 by andy syncro-nutz, on Flickr

Andy syncro-nutz wrote:Really?

Really what??

Is that my Old Syncro in Canadialand?