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gasket999

posted on 17/12/14 at 01:48 PM Reply With Quote
RS2000 English Axle - differences?

While reading a 1988 copy of the Caterham build manual it says that their ideal, though difficult to source, RS2000 (live) axle is the ideal, being stinger with the right ratios.

Can anyone explain the difference between the RS2000 axle and the standard English? Can a RS2000-spec axle be built from other Ford parts?

Many thanks.

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r1_pete

posted on 17/12/14 at 02:15 PM Reply With Quote
Google is your friend mate.

The ford specific forums have covered this many times, mixing Cortina 1600E/GT internals in Escort Mk1 2 casings, Capri brakes etc. etc.....

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gasket999

posted on 17/12/14 at 02:35 PM Reply With Quote
Thank you! Apologies I'm usually pretty good at checking before posting, I'll use the above terms to search for the info.
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JAMSTER

posted on 18/12/14 at 10:51 AM Reply With Quote
i think the axle is the same apart from some anti tramp brackets

mk1 rs2000 had a 3.77 diff ratio

mk2 rs2000 had a 3.54 diff ratio

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dhutch

posted on 18/12/14 at 01:22 PM Reply With Quote
Yes.

The half shafts are also different, as the RS2000 have centre spigots for the wheel to align on (excluding most after market wheels) where the normal ones only have a small lip and aline on the studs.


Daniel

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arrow-engineering

posted on 18/12/14 at 01:48 PM Reply With Quote
all rs2000 axles should come with 3.54 diff, but hardly anything is original any more

the casing also has tramp bar brackets, not much use to kitcar builders but useful if identifying an axle. as stated the halfshafts have a longer spigot but the shafts themselves are not any stronger.

so, theres no reAL advantage to the rs2000 axle unless you need the 3.54 diff - mk2 1600 ghia automatics came with a very similar axle, 3,54, 9 inch drums, big spigot shafts, no tramp brackets tho.

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sooty

posted on 6/1/15 at 09:29 PM Reply With Quote
Sorry jumping in here,

Do any of them have LSD.

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arrow-engineering

posted on 6/1/15 at 09:46 PM Reply With Quote
not from the factory, unless it was a special order. very rare tho
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dhutch

posted on 6/1/15 at 11:02 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by sooty
Do any of them have LSD.


Common choices are a Quaife ATB, or a Tran-X Plate diff, now also supplied by Quaife.



Daniel

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