What Axle for the RX323 ?

[travellinbob]

are you going to do anything radical like bend the housing to give a touch of negative camber on the back? There used to be a rotorised 626 in oz that had this done. He had to change his wheel bearings more regularly but not too often. And it handled sooo well.
 cheers,michael.

[Martiny]

you are more than welcome but I have to make coffee as my woman no good at that

Geez Mike, you\'re special. I didnt get offered a cup of tea!

Mind you, the Karma made Brian trip over the Ford engine for that !!!!

LOL !!!!

[kiwimazda]

Damn things got me again. Just tried to shoft it as The rx has to come out to play in a couple of weeks and, well you saw the mess in there.
Tried to move said ford lump. Gave up as nearly shat myself.

[MikeLMR]

they are bit heavy aren\'t they ! suprised me when I tried to stop one falling over ... nearly pinned me to the floor !

We\'ll have to work out a time when I can come over

[kiwimazda]

Any tome really.
Here most weekends

[oldone]

they are bit heavy aren\'t they ! suprised me when I tried to stop one falling over ... nearly pinned me to the floor !

Its all the pistons and cams and valves and springs.......... :rollin

[Martiny]

All the more reason I didnt want it in MY shed !

[MikeLMR]

I\'m still wondering on this one, has anyone shortened a diff before ? whats involved ? I don\'t think its too much hassle to shorten the casing but what about the half shafts ?

I\'m thinking it may be wise to shorten somthing really strong if its going to be a bit involved ? (don\'t want to do it twice !)

[travellinbob]

There are shops that advertise in the like of custom car etc that will shorten half shafts for around £120 a side. A bit expensive but to get it done properly and not have to worry about it braking is worth the money.

[MikeLMR]

£120 a side is quite a price !

I\'ve been told that Suzuki carry/bedford rascal axles are strong and narrow. The width I can confirm is 1290mm which is nice and narrow but i\'m not 100% sure on the strength. They are at least a sensible stud pattern (4x114.3) but redrilling would probably be on the cards ?

[MikeLMR]

ooh I forgot to say ... they come with 5.1:1 diff as standard. Might be too low ?!

[travellinbob]

Its a great ratio for drag racing!!  Must say I am well pee\'d off at my diff conversion as finally got the new centre today so thought i would wack it in and the axles etc. Puts it all back together and the damn thing wont roll!!!Aaaaaagh. I think that it is because when i was cleaning up the axke casing I found a few pinholes from rust so thought i would get local engineer to weld it up for me. I reckon the he has welded the outside fine but put a few welds on the insid for good luck and the crown wheel is touching the weld. So tomorrow i will have to take it all apart again to investegate. CARS SUCK.

[MikeLMR]

DoH pulling things appart that are nearly done sucks

I\'m starting to have evil ideas that if i\'m having the axle modified I may as well go much narrower than standard ... and then move the inner arches ... its about then It starts getting scary and I decide not to !

[travellinbob]

So what would be the benefit of moving stuff inwards? Would it not be better going wider than standard? Maybe flaring the arches in a subtle style. Unless you are thinking of tubbing it!  I have a nice set of 16 inch diameter by 15 inch wide magnesium rims that you could have mike!!!!

[MikeLMR]

tubbing had crossed my mind ... we have a jag IRS rear end going spare too (stupidly heavy and stupidly tall ratio though) Theres something cool about a tubbed car ... not that the engine would warrant that sort of work !

I don\'t want to go any wider as it means loosing the original arches and I don\'t really want to mess too much with the panels.