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Light weight IRS diff
yellow melos - 26/10/09 at 07:18 PM

Hi People,

i am looking for a light weight diff to use in a IRS setup....

sierra diff seems a bit heavy duty.... anyone know of a simlar unit that is lighter....

Cheers

adithorp - 26/10/09 at 07:47 PM

Freelander is used by quite a few BECs. Smaller than Sierra and lighter due to it's ally housing. 3.21/1 ratio.

adrian

flak monkey - 26/10/09 at 07:50 PM

quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
Freelander is used by quite a few BECs. Smaller than Sierra and lighter due to it's ally housing. 3.21/1 ratio.

adrian


Its lighter, but the sierra diff is all ali too.

David

yellow melos - 26/10/09 at 07:54 PM

this will be for a trike project, so would like it to be as light as possible without costing the earth...will look at the freelander diff.... see what ebay has to offer....

any others i should look at ???

Ivan - 26/10/09 at 08:06 PM

I seem to recal that the BMW diff from about 20 yrs ago was pretty light.

minitici - 26/10/09 at 10:03 PM

Mazda MX5 diff.
(but has a funny mounting arrangement)

[Edited on 26/10/09 by minitici]