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Old 1st September 2015, 02:39 PM
davepro62 davepro62 is offline
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Fitted the diff last night, is the 205 measurement correct, it looks to me like the drive shafts will be point forward.

I also note that the front of the diff is not central to the transmission tunnel, is this correct?

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Dave
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Old 1st September 2015, 06:04 PM
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what plans are you using? i am using a talon chassis kit and yes the drive flange is offset slightly and shafts point forward a bit. you need to take into account the sliding movement of the cv joints with suspension travel
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Old 1st September 2015, 06:20 PM
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Thanks Richard, I'm using the Saturn Plans so I know it's different.

Dave
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Old 2nd September 2015, 12:26 AM
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Thanks Richard, I'm using the Saturn Plans so I know it's different.

Dave

On the Saturn plans the driveshafts do point forward a bit. Have a look through the various threads of completed cars as the diff nose mount on those plans isn't strong enough.

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Old 3rd September 2015, 08:18 PM
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I'll second that.
Having the diff mount fail and snap the diff in two isn't much fun!
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