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May 2002
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Re: AE86/Clubman Diff advice
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Wed, 17 December 2003 08:25
 
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The S3 RX7 is a live axle diff. And its already been stripped of its mounts. The weight is acceptable.
Theres a few reasons for my choice of live axle. One being that its only my first completely fabricated car so simplicity big plus untill i finish reading my suspension engineering textbooks. Another advantage is that it will always keep the wheels prtety much vertical. Live axle although more unsprung weight is usually comparatively light compared to all the IRS hardware.
Petty reasons i know but as i said it is my first car
Some preliminary ideas have been thrown around about the next project, stuff like EJ20-T and IRS but thats down the track a bit  .
Yes unsprung weight in a car like this can be a killer, but thats one of the reasons i want to keep the axle as light as possible. Many people i know have even used B/W based Cortina axles and its not as bad as some think, depends a bit on springing.
I suppose that keeping the RX7 axle is a good idea to start with, i can always look at trying something alse later.
CLG is dead right about the wank factor, its wank co-efficeint will be less than 0.001% wank. Anything of any wank value (apart from me) has no place on/in it
As for emissions laws, SA still operates under 37-01 regarding ICV's and only because we were pushed into going that far in the first place. Yes 79-01 is coming in for ICV's eventually but that still seems like a while off. Because i had started the build a couple of months ago (with proof) TSA has stated that in the interest of fairness i will need only comply with the ADR's regarding ICV's in effect when i began.
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AE86/Clubman Diff advice
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Rex_Kelway | Tue, 16 December 2003 12:02 |
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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 |
