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Ford Scorpio Rear axle
saigonij - 25/3/07 at 11:46 AM

anyone know if the rear diff, drive shafts and hubs from a 4 stud ford Scorpio are the same as the sierra ones?

could these be used instead of sierra ones?


ChrisW - 25/3/07 at 01:49 PM

The Granada/Scorpio ones are usually 9.5" rather than 9" diffs, same as the Cosworth ones, and the shafts are slightly longer to accomodate the increased width over a Sierra. The Viento chassis has the mounts wide enough to fit a 9.5" diff, I've packed it out with washers as I have an XR4x4 unit which is only the 9", but I seem to recall the Velocity you are building (assuming your profile is correct) has the 9".

However, all this is based on a 5 stud Scorpio - I've never seen a 4 stud one. Was it a Ford 'parts bin' special? If so, you may be lucky.

Chris

[Edited on 3/25/2007 by ChrisW]


saigonij - 25/3/07 at 06:47 PM

the later bug eye scorpios are 4 stud - share the same brakes at the front as a mondeo, and the same brakes as the sierra at the rear ( possibly 273mm discs ).

Yea, I have 2 velocities, one finished which we did make using the 7.5inch dif ( we had to adapt the passenger side front dif fmount with a hammer ) , the new build will prob also use a 7.5" dif.