AnthonyR Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Hey all,are there any cheaper alternatives to Kalmar Unions LSD? With the currency conversion theirs is over $1400 and that is way freakin expensive. Just wondering if anyone has found another supplier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don kalmar union Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Good day,I do think that the problem is more with the value of the US$. My advertised price is about right in a European context for a low volume item such as this.I have a Swedish made dog box in the S60 T5 that I race here in the UK, the lsd in that is £1700 plus VAT if bought separately and I dont perceive much difference in quality or effect.Have you had a look at the Heico diff. that is, I believe torque biasing like the Quaife design (Quaife only do a rear diff for the current R cars) and the now defunct AP Surtrac.I have heard of a Company, Drexler, who make something, but I have not been able to find them.Best wishes, Don.Norchi.www.kalmar-union.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 That's not expensive.Like Don says, this isn't your every day Nissan S13 for which you stall have to pay over 900 dollars for a 2-way KAAZ LSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve s Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 donno whose that is other than SAM sells them http://www.samsteffansson.se/products/inde...language=en#944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don kalmar union Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 As far as I know Steffansson have still got some old stock of the AP Surtrac diffs. Could be however that they are reselling Heico kit. Also, AP did sell the very last few Volvo units in stock to a Dane who I understood intended to use them up in a rally car project.The Surtrac was withdrawn from the market by APabout 4 years ago when they got cold feet with the project and sold all the designs to a Japanese company. AP do in fact still make just one for the Caterham.The problem with the Volvo unit was that AP never got on top of the wear issues with heavy cars and so any Volvo units still out there will eventually fail, with no chance of spares availability.Regards, Don.Norchi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volflo Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 goto isa-racing, they have drexler.http://www.isa-racing.de/2005/Start.htmon page 261. and they have stuff for our cars. if you write the e-mail:info@isa-racing.deunfortunately the catalogue is all german. but its a treat to browse this one anyway..... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don kalmar union Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Volflo,You are a star! I've been looking for Drexler for a long time.....problem is...where are Drexler themselves?Regards, Don.www.kalmar-union.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest_volflo_* Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 thanks, don , was my pleasure. (i know who got me the source for my intercooler)as we say in german: "one hand washes the other"by the way: http://www.drexler-motorsport.de/why didnt you ask? :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 We need something for the AT guys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCviggen Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 We need something for the AT guys...←i thought i read somewhere a while ago that it was pretty impossible That said, I sure would like an LSD on my M56 :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 i thought i read somewhere a while ago that it was pretty impossible That said, I sure would like an LSD on my M56 ←Well there are ATs with LSDs, so it is possible. I just don't know if it's possible in the Volvo AT with off the shelf parts. If nothing exists, you can certainly pay to have one custom made ;0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCviggen Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Well there are ATs with LSDs, so it is possible. I just don't know if it's possible in the Volvo AT with off the shelf parts. If nothing exists, you can certainly pay to have one custom made ;0)←then you might as well get an M59 box or something and convert to manual Chances are it'll be cheaper lolI always had the impression the 850 autos are in much less need of an LSD than the manuals too. The autos are much easier to launch without excessive wheel spin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boost Addicted Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 I heard a while ago that the LD out of the manual would swap into the Auto? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 then you might as well get an M59 box or something and convert to manual Chances are it'll be cheaper lolI always had the impression the 850 autos are in much less need of an LSD than the manuals too. The autos are much easier to launch without excessive wheel spin←Nah, that's no fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 I heard a while ago that the LD out of the manual would swap into the Auto?←Which one? According to the posts above, there are a number of them available... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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