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Cars by Model Type => 3rd generation RX-7's => Topic started by: Bobfish on October 26, 2005, 10:53:20 AM

Title: Diff brace in UK?
Post by: Bobfish on October 26, 2005, 10:53:20 AM
guys,

Im sure i saw this part for sale on a UK website somewhere - does anyone know where?

http://www.kgparts.com/brace.htm

Cheers.
Title: Diff brace in UK?
Post by: Laeeq on October 26, 2005, 10:57:19 AM
Got mine from Dragon. Excellent and easy to fit and does the job IMO.  :burnout
Title: Diff brace in UK?
Post by: BlitzBoy on October 26, 2005, 11:57:50 AM
REWORX sell the KGPARTS diff brace
Title: Diff brace in UK?
Post by: DRAGON on October 26, 2005, 12:52:30 PM
We have them in stock. Stainless steal-£100.00 + vat and delivery.
Title: Diff brace in UK?
Post by: GeckoGareth on October 26, 2005, 01:18:55 PM
What does the diff brace do? Does it reduce wheel hop under hard excelleration?

cheers

G
Title: Diff brace in UK?
Post by: Bobfish on October 26, 2005, 01:22:11 PM
No, it eliminates wheel hop under hard Acceleration!

£100 isn\'t too bad - how much am i looking at for delivery? whats the delivery time? thanks
Title: Diff brace in UK?
Post by: TonyBlair on October 26, 2005, 01:29:38 PM
Silly question; what\'s "wheel hop"?

Cheers
Jon
Title: Diff brace in UK?
Post by: GeckoGareth on October 26, 2005, 02:10:29 PM
you know sometimes when you boot it the wheels spin and then as they start to gain some grip the back end sort of goes bump-bump-bump-bump before finally getting a real good grip ?

Not the best explanation I\'m sure!

cheers

G
Title: Diff brace in UK?
Post by: TonyBlair on October 26, 2005, 02:12:44 PM
I think I know what you mean. Not sure if I\'ve experienced that yet.

Cheers
Jon
Title: Diff brace in UK?
Post by: DRAGON on October 26, 2005, 02:24:50 PM
next day delivery with TNT £12.50. Immediate dispatch avaliable, we have 11 in stock.
Title: Diff brace in UK?
Post by: GeckoGareth on October 26, 2005, 03:17:58 PM
Apparently the 92-95 cars suffer from it something to do with bushes on suspension from what I can find.


cheers

G
Title: Diff brace in UK?
Post by: BlitzBoy on October 26, 2005, 03:20:06 PM
yeah wheel hop is nasty can break diffs
Title: Diff brace in UK?
Post by: Bobfish on October 26, 2005, 04:47:27 PM
Its a problem with the trailing arm bushings, they are there to make a comfy ride but all they really do is allow play in the suspension arms in accel/decel direction. What happens is the car starts to spin, and the trailing arm bushings compress, the wheels then actually spin, and the bushings unload - pushing the trailing arms back again, then this repeats.

Basically the wheels wobble back and forth when you accelerate, and its not nice.

You lot must drive your FD\'s like pansys if youve never had wheel hop before!!!!
Title: Diff brace in UK?
Post by: andrewrx7 on October 26, 2005, 07:15:29 PM
Not just early FDs - I\'ve had it on my \'02 occasionally when giving it bit of welly from the off!  :(