L.S.D rover sd1

bones · Post by **bones** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:11 am

Hi all, does anyone know of another make other than quaife , i know quaife are good but i dont like the £600 price tag, just thought i might need to stop the wheels spinning ,but that could be wishfull thinking.

rich

JC. · Post by **JC.** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 3:03 pm

Rover actually did their own LSD. I think you find it in Vitesse axles. Although, they obviously bolt straight onto the SD1.

Robrover · Post by **Robrover** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 7:06 am

I don't think the road version of the SD1 Vitesse ever had an LSD.

The racing Grp1/A SD1s certainly did, but these were special builds of course.

Salisbury lsd were available for them back then in the 70s-80s, and had been used on the works TR8s.

The Quaiffe is a top unit but as you say not cheap.

Interestingly the special edition Leyland Australia built 4.4 P76 V8 4 door Targa Florio of 1974-5 had a BW lsd fitted.

ian.stewart · Post by **ian.stewart** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:39 am

is a case of scouring the ads, TR7 ads are possibly a source, obviously MotorSport sources, I was told that quite a few V8 Sherpas built for the Police and Ambulance services were often fitted with LSDs, but not very tight ones, and I dont know if they can be tightened, I was told its not to hard to convert Jaguar 4HA internals to fit, but how true this is I dont know.
If you are using the car solely as a drag car, am option is to either get a spool made or weld up the planet gears,

CastleMGBV8 · Post by **CastleMGBV8** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:10 pm

Just for information Rimmer Bros list a LSD for the SD1 axle and it is in fact a Quaife, they of course want an enormous £750 for one, I think you can get them new for approx £600 from other sources or possibly direct from Quaife.

Kevin.

bones · Post by **bones** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:24 pm

Quaife want £540 ish + vat, just thought there might be a cheaper alternative. i use the car on the road so cant weld it although it would make roundabouts interesting,

rich

chodjinn · Post by **chodjinn** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:44 pm

There is a cheaper alternative. Phantom Grip LSD from some place down in oxfordshire or cambridgeshire, MG spares or something. It's not a direct LSD, but acts like one. Apparently the yanks have been running them for years. Mine came with the MG when I bought it and works well (from what i remember, it was like 4yrs ago now).

As far as I know they are pretty good value compare to the Quaife ones.

kiwi303 · Post by **kiwi303** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 4:30 am

as far as phantom grips go, the consensus on www.hybridz.com is that they aren't worth a bucket of pig poop.

minorv8 · Post by **minorv8** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:37 am

I have a Quaife LSD and have been very satisfied. Easy to fit, no problems whatsoever. Very nice finish as one would expect. Not cheap though. I bought mine directly from Quaife simply because other sources were more expensive.

Finding a used LSD might sound tempting but some may need new friction plates etc and soon the costs escalate.

bones · Post by **bones** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:53 am

looks like it might be quaife,will just take longer getting it, will have to run it next year without one, so its either quaife or phantom ,any more makes to look at,

rich

Robrover · Post by **Robrover** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 12:59 am

Try
http://www.gearboxman.co.uk/psdiffsquaife.html

ian.stewart · Post by **ian.stewart** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:12 am

Robrover wrote:Try
http://www.gearboxman.co.uk/psdiffsquaife.html

Yep Bernie is a good lad, and is pretty sharp on all things gearbox too,

bones · Post by **bones** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:38 am

had alook at the link for gearbox man, thanks for that, about £495 plus vat. looks like a summer time purchase , thanks for the replies all,

rich

chodjinn · Post by **chodjinn** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 12:12 pm

kiwi303 wrote:as far as phantom grips go, the consensus on www.hybridz.com is that they aren't worth a bucket of pig poop.

WTF is with that website?! Nowt like internet bandwaggoning. Works a treat in my MG, and besides, it was already fitted to the car when I got it, and it's better than a standard diff

JC. · Post by **JC.** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 12:47 pm

I also have expreiance of a Phantom grip in an MGB axle.
It worked very well.