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I supported Toymods
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Perth, Western Australia
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December 2002
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Re: AE86/Clubman Diff advice
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Wed, 17 December 2003 00:06
 
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| shinybluesteel wrote on Wed, 17 December 2003 07:06 |
i cant see it being very easy to rig up a de-dion tube system though, and not many IRS systems are all that crash hot. maybeye womething with double wishbones would be ok? i know bongo vans have this setup, but a 1 litre engine copuldnt make that much torque.
if you do go live axle, make sure you use a watts link in place of the panhard rod, just for wank factor!
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Have you ever seen a De-dion setup go around a corner???!!!! I'd also propose a car attemting to weigh @600Kgs (I know of two clubmans built down to a 450Kg weight and they have nothing in them!)wouldn't want wank factor in it?!!!
As for the Rex Kelway Fan club, yep I'm a memeber too, good guy to deal with, and not afraid to freight parts or call for info!
Rex, what are the "specs" of the Mazda diff? IRS, axle size, availability, inherent weak points, ...?
Personally I'd be chasing the IRS - you're basically starting with a clean sheet of paper, so why start behing the eight ball with a live axle setup?
As I said in another thread or PM to you, the cheapest option to replace axles in an AE86 diff is cutting down and resplining a disc brake Falcon axle, and if you still decide to go live axle, I have an AE86 housing out the back of the shed that has already had all the mounts cut off it (was used for an old Corolla, so only has leaf spring mounts on it), if you want to start fresh? You'll end up spending the same amount of money in the end I feel, wether you modify the Kouki, modify the RX7, or start with my housing.
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AE86/Clubman Diff advice
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Rex_Kelway | Tue, 16 December 2003 12:02 |
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Re: AE86/Clubman Diff advice
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._T_. | Tue, 16 December 2003 21:37 |
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shinybluesteel | Tue, 16 December 2003 23:06 |
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oldcorollas | Tue, 16 December 2003 23:26 |
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CLG | Wed, 17 December 2003 00:06 |
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Rex_Kelway | Wed, 17 December 2003 08:25 |
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M.J.H | Wed, 17 December 2003 10:46 |
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Rex_Kelway | Wed, 17 December 2003 11:05 |
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Simon-AE86 | Wed, 17 December 2003 16:32 |
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Grega | Wed, 17 December 2003 19:32 |
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bbaacchhyy | Wed, 17 December 2003 21:17 |
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shinybluesteel | Thu, 18 December 2003 00:40 |
