Quaife diff installation - how much should I pay?
Discussion
Update on the Quaife diff...
I have done a couple of hundred miles in the Tam now with this LSD, and all the people who said it was a waste of time and money/wouldn't be able to notice the difference on a lowly 3.6 etc. - How wrong you are!
Accelerating from stationary using high revs now doesn't meant wheel spin and the fishtailing, you just seem to shoot off, no drama, just 'sling-shot' forward!
Taking corners at speed make me laugh out loud, rather than hope for the best and pray the back stays in check. It is much more planted, almost like a different car. I even played a little in the wet, with no other cars around, doing my best to make the back end misbehave (within my own limits, which admittedly aren't very high..), but it stayed planted to the road.
From my experience (and we have a Quaife diff fitted in two of our rear wheel driven cars now), it is a great upgrade, both for safety and fun, more so for the TVR, which has no TC at all. Highly recommended.
I have done a couple of hundred miles in the Tam now with this LSD, and all the people who said it was a waste of time and money/wouldn't be able to notice the difference on a lowly 3.6 etc. - How wrong you are!
Accelerating from stationary using high revs now doesn't meant wheel spin and the fishtailing, you just seem to shoot off, no drama, just 'sling-shot' forward!
Taking corners at speed make me laugh out loud, rather than hope for the best and pray the back stays in check. It is much more planted, almost like a different car. I even played a little in the wet, with no other cars around, doing my best to make the back end misbehave (within my own limits, which admittedly aren't very high..), but it stayed planted to the road.
From my experience (and we have a Quaife diff fitted in two of our rear wheel driven cars now), it is a great upgrade, both for safety and fun, more so for the TVR, which has no TC at all. Highly recommended.
chris watton said:
Update on the Quaife diff...
I have done a couple of hundred miles in the Tam now with this LSD, and all the people who said it was a waste of time and money/wouldn't be able to notice the difference on a lowly 3.6 etc. - How wrong you are!
Accelerating from stationary using high revs now doesn't meant wheel spin and the fishtailing, you just seem to shoot off, no drama, just 'sling-shot' forward!
Taking corners at speed make me laugh out loud, rather than hope for the best and pray the back stays in check. It is much more planted, almost like a different car. I even played a little in the wet, with no other cars around, doing my best to make the back end misbehave (within my own limits, which admittedly aren't very high..), but it stayed planted to the road.
From my experience (and we have a Quaife diff fitted in two of our rear wheel driven cars now), it is a great upgrade, both for safety and fun, more so for the TVR, which has no TC at all. Highly recommended.
Chris accelerating from stationary using high revs never did mean wheel spin and fishtailing with the hydratrak. I'm pleased you're happy with the work done but try and be realistic in terms of the difference. I have done a couple of hundred miles in the Tam now with this LSD, and all the people who said it was a waste of time and money/wouldn't be able to notice the difference on a lowly 3.6 etc. - How wrong you are!
Accelerating from stationary using high revs now doesn't meant wheel spin and the fishtailing, you just seem to shoot off, no drama, just 'sling-shot' forward!
Taking corners at speed make me laugh out loud, rather than hope for the best and pray the back stays in check. It is much more planted, almost like a different car. I even played a little in the wet, with no other cars around, doing my best to make the back end misbehave (within my own limits, which admittedly aren't very high..), but it stayed planted to the road.
From my experience (and we have a Quaife diff fitted in two of our rear wheel driven cars now), it is a great upgrade, both for safety and fun, more so for the TVR, which has no TC at all. Highly recommended.
And before you ask - I have driven both back to back
TVRMs said:
Chris accelerating from stationary using high revs never did mean wheel spin and fishtailing with the hydratrak. I'm pleased you're happy with the work done but try and be realistic in terms of the difference.
And before you ask - I have driven both back to back
I should have qualified my post by stating that I have never tried Hydratrack - I was comparing it to the standard diff.And before you ask - I have driven both back to back
chris watton said:
TVRMs said:
Chris accelerating from stationary using high revs never did mean wheel spin and fishtailing with the hydratrak. I'm pleased you're happy with the work done but try and be realistic in terms of the difference.
And before you ask - I have driven both back to back
I should have qualified my post by stating that I have never tried Hydratrack - I was comparing it to the standard diff.And before you ask - I have driven both back to back
Still pleased your happy with it though
TVRMs said:
And I guess I shouldnt have assumed your car had a hydratrak
Still pleased your happy with it though
Still pleased your happy with it though
I did think about just having the refurbed M80 Hydratrack installed, as I know this was an expensive option for a new TVR, and standard on the Tuscan S cars, but previous experience with the Quaife, coupled with the fact that it will never need servicing won me over.
I plan to have my gearbox re-furbed next, and CR gears fitted. I would like to have the TVR Power clutch, lightweight flywheel and slave cylinder kit, along with the beefier starter motor fitted at the same time, so then the whole drivetrain would have been refurbished.
I need to have the gearbox removed, and I was thinking of taking it to Gearboxman, but I can't remove the box myself. Is there somewhere who could take off the gearbox, send it to be refurbed (while keeping my car at the workshop), and then putting it all back together when complete?
chris watton said:
I did think about just having the refurbed M80 Hydratrack installed, as I know this was an expensive option for a new TVR, and standard on the Tuscan S cars, but previous experience with the Quaife, coupled with the fact that it will never need servicing won me over.
I plan to have my gearbox re-furbed next, and CR gears fitted. I would like to have the TVR Power clutch, lightweight flywheel and slave cylinder kit, along with the beefier starter motor fitted at the same time, so then the whole drivetrain would have been refurbished.
I need to have the gearbox removed, and I was thinking of taking it to Gearboxman, but I can't remove the box myself. Is there somewhere who could take off the gearbox, send it to be refurbed (while keeping my car at the workshop), and then putting it all back together when complete?
shep1001 said:
Get Power to rebuild it - problem solved as they will pop it in and out and keep the car too
After paying my last bill from them, I would assume the labour costs would be horrendous. I know that the TVR specialist in Redditch charge around £40 per hour (Dom is £70), so it makes financial sense to buy the bits I need from Dom and have them fitted somewhere closer at half the cost.ETA - Dom even advised me to get the Quaife fitted by a specialist, as it would be cheaper than his rates....
Edited by chris watton on Monday 18th August 16:49
Miss VXTamora said:
Is the 3.73 dif desirable? now they have got the Tam over the pit they can see a bit more inc the other tag on the dif saying 3.73.
Aimy
I think the general consensus is the 3.73 is the best compromise for both back road blasts and long distance/motorway driving.Aimy
I think that most 'T' cars were fitted with the 3.73.
GazzaM100 said:
My 54 plate manual states it's fitted with 3.73
So shouldn't have the lesser one but you never know!
Easy way is t look on the back of the diff there is a little tag that tells you what is fitted. If you want to do it the hard way, raise the back of the car, mark the tyre & the prop shaft, then rotate the wheel 360 degrees & count how many times the prop shaft rotates.So shouldn't have the lesser one but you never know!
Edited by shep1001 on Saturday 7th February 11:59
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