Tricky Dave
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 10:06 AM |
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Sierra diff / driveshaft strength
Hi
Someone round the corner has an M3 3.2 Evo engine for sale at very reasonable money. He's about to put it on ebay, so if I want it, I need to
say so in the next week. I know I shouldn't, (especially considering the 2.5 isn't even running 100% yet) but...
So, will my 7" sierra LSD and bolt on driveshafts handle 258lb/ft of torque?
Cheers,
Dave
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tks
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 10:36 AM |
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how much BHP is the orginal sierra?
Also compare the ford numbers with the ones on the cosworth or the V6 edition..
saying that the specs could be the same and the lenghts etc. different.
i think they can have enough abuse!
the viento V8 also use them..
Tks
The above comments are always meant to be from the above persons perspective.
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Gav
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 11:50 AM |
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Id say itll be ok, dont thing high powered cossies used anything different
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JoelP
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 02:00 PM |
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if it does break you could upgrade to a 7.5" diff, or get custom halfshafts if they proved to be the weak point.
I personally believe you will be fine with standard parts. The prop is the only thing that is crucially important, as a broken diff/halfshaft is not
going to maim you.
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Tricky Dave
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 02:15 PM |
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Cool!
Specced the propshaft to handle M3 power in case I ended up doing something like this, so that should be OK.
I'll have to check if the exhaust will fit, and look long and hard at my dwindling bank balance now. I really shouldn't spend any more.
But it IS an M3 engine.
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nick205
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 03:22 PM |
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go on......do it 
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Tricky Dave
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 11:11 PM |
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Thanks nick you're not helping 
And I'd need to get a computer for it and get the exhaust adapted for bigger ports... Girlfriend and mother will go spare... I still might
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James
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 11:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Tricky Dave
Thanks nick you're not helping
And I'd need to get a computer for it and get the exhaust adapted for bigger ports... Girlfriend and mother will go spare... I still might
M3 engine.... cool!
Go on, be a bit different!
I'd like to know what you do with it ECU and wiring wise....
Can you get VANOS to work with Megasquirt?
Cheers,
James
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