eznfrank
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 08:04 AM |
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What's the usual running gear in a FWD tintop BEC
I'm puzzled as to how fwd tintop BECs fit everything in the engine bay. Is there a commonly used diff for these sort of things?
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 08:12 AM |
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I assume it's exactly the same as the rear/engined RWD ones???
Engine with sprocket to a chain diff - Lots of diffs can be used, Fiesta with LSD used to be the main one, but I think people were realising LSD
wasn't always the simple way forward for a lighter car - might be different in a FWD though!
Check out Cloudy's Warner R4, Craig's Mongoose and a few others...
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minitici
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 09:19 AM |
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If you are building a FWD BEC Mini the obvious choice is a Mini based diff (Quaife, Salisbury etc).
Now I wonder who might be able to supply a chain drive version of those diffs..................
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iank
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 09:49 AM |
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Here's some pictures of an R1 in a mini front subframe.
Chain drive diff.
http://www.pro-motive.co.uk/R1KitInfo.html
and a diy one on a blog
http://fwdr1mini.blogspot.com/
and a flikr site full of photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22673337@N06/sets/72157603671414132/
If I were building one I'd talk to this guy about the diff (  )
http://www.westgarage.co.uk/services/chain/chaindrives.html
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eznfrank
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 10:27 AM |
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Ah, I see.....that's actually much more straightforward that I figured it would be!
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