lsd for mk2

[xpackken]

Whats the best option to get your escort running a slipper if u just have a base 1300 model ? do most people just use 2.8i capri axles ?? or are they wider ??

[SmokeEm]

Caori axle is much wider than an escort and the 2.8i's 3.09 gearing would be no good at all. Get yourself a plate type LSD with gearing around 4.1

[Mk2Jo]

It depends what you want to do with the car .... for normal on the road running a 3.9 will be perhaps more suitable than a 4.1 I would have thought

[xpackken]

It depends what you want to do with the car .... for normal on the road running a 3.9 will be perhaps more suitable than a 4.1 I would have thought

 

right now your all talking gibrish again , its gona be a road used mk2 with a 200sx engine fitted approx (220-240 bhp), i havnt even got the shell yet but that will have hopefully have change by mid june i already got alot of the bits to build it thou ha ha

 

so do all mk2s have the same axle fitted as standard , and do i just by the diff part and fitted to original 1300 casing , ??

 

I AM SO LIMTED WITH MECHANICAL KNOWLEDGE EXSPECIALLY WITH ESCORT LINGO

[flord escort]

the standard english axle fitted to all uk mk2 escorts is good for about 150 bhp up grade to either a plate (sliper) lsd or an ATB quaife unit and it should cope with 250bhp the numbers quoted relate to the final drive 3.09 gives high top end but not good off the line 3.9 is the best of both 4.1 good acceleration but limited top i use a 3.9 atb with heavy duty drive shafts.

hope that helps

[over_head_cam]

Mk2's have what's called an English or Salisbury axle The casings are the same on Mk2 Escorts (though other cars shared the same configuration so other axle lengths are available)and came in various guises with different brackets etc. for different applications. As has been said, the final drive ratio of most was 3.89:1 which is a good all round differential for both acceleration and top end. A 4.4:1 ratio will give you wicked pull away but really short gears and no top end

 

 

LSD = Limited slip diff.

 

All the diffs are interchangeable and are separate from the axle casing.

[texr2000]

how do plate (sliper) lsd and ATB compare? i had a ATB in my focus RS and was odd, but in RWD sure it will be different, but i found it could still spin one wheel before it moves power around. does this mean u'd spin the inside wheel still?