Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:04:36 -0800
Reply-To: aatransaxle <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
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From: aatransaxle <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
Subject: Re: Limited Slip v. Syncro
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The limited slips available now are built by Peloquins here in the US...A several of us builders told him that if he would make them..we can sell them...I myself have put in just shy of 20 of them this year alone...Good torque biasing style (like the quaiffe) and no issues I am aware of..$1195 for the unit itself and a couple hundred for a diff only install. Shipping cross country is about $100 each way...I am sold on them big time...stops the hopping on rough gravel...don'y know about snow yet, but if its anything like my 2 4wd Ferd trucks, its abut 400% better that no lsd...
Daryl of AA Transaxle
----- Original Message -----
From: Todd P. Last
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 2:19 AM
Subject: Re: Limited Slip v. Syncro
I don't have experience with limited slip, but I do have a Syncro locking diff installed in my 2wd transmission.
There were some list members who were pursuing getting Quaife to make a torque-biasing differential for the Vanagon, but the minimum required order to do so, and the lack of list interested killed that idea as far as I recall.
Quaife: http://www.autotech.com/quaife/index2.htm
Todd
'88 Westy
Zeitgeist wrote:
We're presently in vehicle reassessment mode and need some advice. Recently
I asked whether it was possible to convert a 2wd Van to Syncro, but a number
of list-killjoys pooped on my parade, so that doesn't appear to be in the
plans. I haven't entirely ruled it out, but for now...
I really like the look and options found on our '89 WE, but my wife's
alpine-related program activities (snowshoe, x-country ski, hike, etc.)
require that she have a traction capable rig. I've been seriously
considering installing a Peloquin torque biased differential, which coupled
with aggressive Nokians mounted on 15" Mercedes rims, should greatly improve
the traction, eh? But, how much of an improvement...enough? My '67 bus was
hands down, the best snow/off road rig I've ever driven, but the Vanagons
have never impressed me with their traction prowess. I've never owned a
vehicle with limited slip, except perhaps my old '73 Thing with steering
brakes, but that's another story altogether.
Anyone have real-world experience with a limited slip diff in a 2wd
Vanagon? We're not talking serious offroad stuff, just old logging roads
with potholes and/or snow. I'm in AA Transaxle's neighborhood, so they're
obviously the source.
TIA
Casey
Olympia, WA
Biodiesel: "I drive in a persistent vegetative state"
'87 300TD intercooler/propane #22 0-60mph 7.3sec (220k)
'84 300D (218k)
Gashuffer:
'89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (187K)
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