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[wot179]

10 points for going with a manual with lotsa neddies.

Use Mark Williams for everything.

Edited by wot179, 04 August 2011 - 06:47 AM.

[Lima31]

I have no experience with a Wavetrac, anyone know about them?

A wavetrac 31 spline on my wishlist. I read that an alternative to it is a Quaife QDH1R, but I think it is more expensive?

[myss427]

I have pretty much the combo your looking at, Strange alloy case, 31 spline Moser axles, Chrome Molly pinion support and tail shaft and billet yolks Cost around $5,500 if I remember correct, did it in sections. No dramas so far, and its behind a manual with the horses your after and the car weighs about 1350kgs. My mate just put a 35 spline slippery thru bolt Strange alloy diff in his 2 door HQ with Romac floaters and Commodore brakes, cost $8,500 all up, rated for 1000 horses.

[wot179]

I think you would be crazy to use an alloy carrier on a street car.

They flex and wear out gears very quickly,and are advertised as such.

Perfect for a strip only car,I dont even think it would be wise to use one in a weekend club circuit car unless you are planning to replace the gearsets every couple of thousand kms.

[myss427]

My mates is a street car with the 35 spline diff, but he has over 700 horses so he just wanted it bullet proof (overkill). Im running 17 inch wheels with 315 wide Nitto drag radials, very sticky. So far its a strong enough, and I think the combo is pretty light for what it is, put it in by my self. The centre is a shure grip slippery, my mate is running a 35 spline worm gear style slippery centre. My rear brakes are ford vented disks but if I did it again would go late model Commodore rears, my handbrake was a bitch to get right with the callipers on the front of the diff, had to remake brakets to get the angles and geometry right. Also about the Alloy centres being fragile, we have guys here that have drag raced there street cars for over 5 years that have had no problem so far with not replacing gear sets etc. Yes would probably go Cast steel centre with a daily driver but realy how many k's are you going to do in a year? Don't forget the supercar guys use Alloy centres and never seen one fail at bathurst, and they are NOT changing them every couple of meetings.

Edited by myss427, 05 August 2011 - 11:48 AM.

[wot179]

Im not implying that ally centers are weak,just that due to their abililty to flex ,the lapping patterns of the gearsets are exposed to constant variation causing the gears to wear out a lot quicker than normal.

This may be more noticable in a car set up with a spool for dragracing as opposed to a limo setup.Others may know more about this than me.

It is also a condition specifically noted in Stranges' sales literature(or used to be),I havent checked it recently.

Im not having a go,I understand your point of saving weight,we come from the same school in that regard,just commenting on something you may be unaware of.

[wot179]

All good,mate.

Im a big fan of lightweight pseudo-legal streetcars.Absolutely love the concept.

Id drill a hole in my head to let the air out if I thought it would make me go quicker.