Quaife info plz

[Floodie]

Hi all,

I dont know anything about Quaife's... Could someone give me a bit of info about them please... Anything to watch out for?.. regular servicing needed?... i know how they work roughly but does the car operate the same as it did without one? i.e: the clutch, gearing etc etc...

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[TheJesus]

quaife what though? you talking about the gear boxes or diffs or what? They do a load of different items, from road sequential boxes to race ones, to dog boxes... what was it you are after? The 6 speed sequential with LSD? If so £7k price tag might put you off a little lol. They last well, but as long as you still change with the clutch when not kicking the crap out of your car.

Andy @ GDI has a race spyder there with that box in, have a word with him as he's had some exposure to actually using one, I only know little bits from the brief time me and 2 live were thinking of getting a group buy going... only managed to get them down to £5+k iirc... still waaaaay too much

 

[GordonD]

The Quaife ATB diff is a direct bolt-in replacement for the standard 172 diff. It doesn't change anything in the gearbox. It doesn't change the diff ratio.

 

[Floodie]

Apologies - i actually meant the diff, the £600ish part (ex fitting kit and labour) for the box.... certainly not the £7k jobbie you are talking about...

Hope that sheds more light..

 

[Turkish]

I wouldn't touch Quaife personally.

 

[TheJesus]

nor me... Avanti motorsport all the way.

 

[Dan@SJM]

^^ He is who does my gearboxes. Great guy, I spend alot of time down there. He is talking about having another fitter...hmmm...

 

[TheJesus]

Dan, how much does he charge for a box rebuild with shot peened gears and LSD these days? I remember it being around a grand?

 

[Dan@SJM]

Not sure, I was pricing it up for mine the other day, and iirc it was £1395+vat... I think. Im taking a vtr gearbox down there at the end of the month if you want me to find out?

 

[fmp_]

I wouldn't touch Quaife personally.

whats your reasoning for such a statement?

 

[ben_p]

i looked into a gripper diff too. they were cheaper than the Quaife item, not sure on there quality though

 

[Fred@BTM]

Dan, how much does he charge for a box rebuild with shot peened gears and LSD these days? I remember it being around a grand?

shot peening the gears is a waste of time on a JC5

 

[Floodie]

Looney + Others : Any reason behind your dislike of Quaife mate? - Thats the first ive heard a negative thing about them tbh...

thanks

 

[TheJesus]

Dan, how much does he charge for a box rebuild with shot peened gears and LSD these days? I remember it being around a grand?

shot peening the gears is a waste of time on a JC5

elaborate

 

[Fred@BTM]

i don't like the way the quaife operates, i much prefer a traditional type LSD

 

[Fred@BTM]

shot peening the gears is a waste of time on a JC5

elaborate

the gears aren't the weak point, they're the strongest part of the box! the weak point's are the synchros, selector forks, bearings and casing

 

[2 live]

jon. the gear set from frank at avanti was around the £1300 + mark iirc. this was just a s/c c/r gear set, if you included the solid shaft mod, and the lsd, the box came to around £5k built


the group buy on these would knock around £500 off this for a total of 5 boxes.


the other group buy i tried to sort out that noone was intrested in was the sadev box, now these can be had in 5 speed h pattern box, or 6 speed sequential. of course , the seq box is the one i was looking at. the box alone was £6k, but then with the gear display, the shifter mech etc etc etc would be nearer £6-6.5k again the group buy of 5+ boxes would bring this price down to around the £5k mark. then you have the choice of the 6 speed road box, or the 6 speed race box.


never bothered with quaiffe tbh, afaik they only released a diff that would fit the jc5 a few years ago. which was well after the time i was looking into avanti and sadev

 

[Turkish]

I wouldn't touch Quaife personally.

whats your reasoning for such a statement?

Numerous contacts I deal with in the motorsport industry who don't rate them. As for personal experience I've never owned any of their products admittedly.

 

[Floodie]

k k... sounds silly but are they loud? im sure i heard a youtube vid once and it was awful inside...screaming!!! going to be a regular driver thats all... does everything sound and feel the same as a standard box? (im a noobie at this remember! sorry)

 

[2 live]

filmed from inside craggy old saxo vts, fitted with s/c dog box. the whine they make is superb imo.



http://youtube.com/watch?v=vOiKs8pAWCY

 

[Fred@BTM]

no they don't make any noise, but you can't beat diff whine!

 

[ben_p]

they sound mint! im going for a gripper just because they howl more. should sound nice with the charger

 

[2 live]

??^^ at fred.


of course they make more noise than a std box.

 

[Fred@BTM]

they sound mint! im going for a gripper just because they howl more. should sound nice with the charger

i'd speak to yasser/mark fish about the gripper, i'm pretty sure Mark had to moddify the driveshafts for it to work

 

[ben_p]

they sound mint! im going for a gripper just because they howl more. should sound nice with the charger

i'd speak to yasser/mark fish about the gripper, i'm pretty sure Mark had to moddify the driveshafts for it to work

:dapprove:

 

[ben_p]

http://www.racecar.co.uk/gripper/

£720

 

[Floodie]

thanks chaps..

 

[edde]

they sound mint! im going for a gripper just because they howl more. should sound nice with the charger

i'd speak to yasser/mark fish about the gripper, i'm pretty sure Mark had to moddify the driveshafts for it to work

Yep he had to cut the shaft down.