Julian B
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 posted on 25/3/10 at 01:15 PM |
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freelander for ford
Hi All
has any one built a chasis for a Sierra diff and then thought " sod it " and put a freelander LSD in instead???
Just a thought
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twybrow
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| posted on 25/3/10 at 01:30 PM |
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The Freelander was never offered with a LSD. If you want one, it is a Quaife special...
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 25/3/10 at 01:34 PM |
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nice dax Julian B 
Craig
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Julian B
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| posted on 25/3/10 at 01:56 PM |
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Hi Guys
i thought it was the freelander diff that cateringham were using on their cars..... is that not atb/lsd
cheers
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adithorp
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| posted on 25/3/10 at 03:57 PM |
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Yes, it's a Freelander diff but with Quaife ATB internals. It shouldn't be too difficult to make up the brackets to fit a freelander diff
in place of a Sierra one. You'll also have to get some hybrid shafts made up though.
adrian
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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mcerd1
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| posted on 25/3/10 at 04:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Julian B
I thought it was the freelander diff that cateringham were using on their cars.....
I was fairly sure they still use sierra ones on most of there cars.....
(^^ from there own website)
so I'll ask the obvious question - why do you want to fit the freelander diff ?
ps - caterham get loads of stuff made by quaife, diff's, gearboxes, gear lever........
so just because its standard on a caterham doesn't mean its a standard part 
[Edited on 25/3/10 by mcerd1]
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Julian B
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| posted on 26/3/10 at 09:51 AM |
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I thought the freelander diff was about half the weight , plus my sierra lsd is becoming noisey
I think i need to look into this a little further as the sierra diff isn't long enough when working with the rover LT77/V8 combi.
You can however pull from 20 to 110mph in one gear easily before the redline
not that i ever go that fast !
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mcerd1
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| posted on 26/3/10 at 11:09 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Julian B
I thought the freelander diff was about half the weight
it is lighter, but is it going to be worth the hassle ? (driveshafts, prop shaft and diff mounts to think about)
also you'll get a quaife ATB diff for the sierra for about the same as it'll cost for the freelander
what ratio diff have you got at the moment and what would be your ideal one ?
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Julian B
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| posted on 26/3/10 at 11:49 AM |
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Hi
From memory i think its ratio is 3.38 . It was from an XR 4x4 estate
i gues 3.9 or more would make for a lazier drive but im out of my depth here
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mcerd1
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| posted on 26/3/10 at 12:38 PM |
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4x4 sierra's are normaly 3.62 (V6 & cossie) or 3.92 (2.0l)
I thought the 3.38 (7" ) / 3.36 (7.5" ) came from the diesels (not the 1.8D)
as for ratios: the higher the number - the lower the gear
have you had a play with one of the gear calc programs yet: http://locost7.info/gearcalc.php
[Edited on 26/3/10 by mcerd1]
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speedystew
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| posted on 26/3/10 at 03:09 PM |
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westfield do some brackets to put freelander diffs in chassis's with sierra diffs
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Julian B
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| posted on 27/3/10 at 11:20 AM |
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cheers all
very interesting
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 27/3/10 at 12:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Julian B
i gues 3.9 or more would make for a lazier drive but im out of my depth here
A higher ratio requires the engine to rev higher for any given road speed, not really what would be described as a lazy drive!
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Julian B
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| posted on 27/3/10 at 09:08 PM |
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got that arse about face then
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