PG1 Gearbox with Quaife LSD
Anyone selling one? In the process of upgrading the car, think this would finish it off nicely.
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You can't have mine :cool1:
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Thanks! Any ideas where I could get one? I've bitten the bullet now and have got engine coming with all belts done, complete with full Janspeed system including de-cat and manifolds and ordering TTV flywheel with new clutch. Ideal time to do Quaife conversion if you ask me!
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A 620ti box with a torsen diff would be easier to find tbh, used quiafes appear on ebay now and then, but the Lotus boys bid them to silly prices.
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tom halliwell on fb had one for sale, torsen not quaife tho.
I wouldn't buy a quaife unless it was cheap, there are much better diffs out there |
Saw a gripper diff in a 180 pg1 on Facebook the other day... Went for £50 kicked myself a bit... But must sort rest of car out first really lol
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Cheers guys, I'll keep looking! If anyone hears of one please let me know!
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Cutting a long story short, I have found someone who is willing to part with a PG1 gearbox fitted with steel caged bearings and the Quaife differential. Apparently it has been removed from a Lotus Exige and is a close ratio box. I enquired about the close-ratio's and how they would compare to a standard PG1 box and basically the fella got back to me and said that the ratios are the same, but 5th gear is slightly longer for more top end (doesn't really matter to me). Apparently the whole gearbox and bell-housing is a straight swap for the one bolted to the ZS 180.
Does this ring right with all of you gearbox experts as I'm blind when it comes to these!? Here is a picture of the part in question... *** Quick Edit - as quoted by the seller - "It's a straight swap all you need to change is the clutch fork arm and your speedo drive" *** |
No good to you, the bell housing has the wrong bolt pattern for the kv6.
Did you get the link I messaged you ? |
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Does the 620 box have the same ratios as the PG1 in the ZS? |
Yes it does, you just need to swap the clutch operating arm from your old PG1 to the new one
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£50 for a torsen one, didn't realise they were so cheap these days! Mine has been sitting in my garage for 8 months as a back up in case my current gearbox has issues.
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Could you not remove the Diff from the Lotus one pictured above and fit it to your current box? - I'd be tempted to do that and at the same time fit steel cage bearings and replace the seals... If the price was right?
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I'm aware of a few diffs for the ZS, Quaife, Torsen and Gripper? Not sure if there are any others?
From what I've read Gripper are the best, followed by Quaife then Torsen? How does a Torsen compare to a Quaife? Apart from cost! |
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What's the cost of installing diff and steel bearings into a box, anyone got a rough idea? There's two places local to me that do gearbox rebuilds, although one of them gets terrible reviews! |
No Idea on costs I'm afraid!
As for Matt, used to know him quite well back in the day (back when he was a Rally driver for MG and Leda supplied him suspension!) IIRC he is based within silverstone itself, I would assume he has changed his phone number since the last time I spoke to him, but I still have his mobile number from 10 years ago... lol As for quality of his work, I can't say I've heard of anything bad about him... I think he did some work on a few Diesels on here at some point and IIRC they were happy. Plus he's always given me sound advice on the phone :) |
with carbon plate diffs being only small extra cost over a brand new quaife, you wonder why anyone bothers with helical diffs.
http://www.titan.uk.net/ui/content/content.aspx?ID=26 |
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If so, fitting an lsd to the 180 is going to be easier than fitting the one to the diesel! |
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Need to change the release arm and thats it. Just reminded me I need to do mine lol! |
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Matt does all the work on my derv - and currently has it, I can give you his current number if you pm me.
He is just moving house though, so not sure where he is with his work load.... Not sure how often he goes on the forums or FB for that matter anymore |
He was a regular on xpf at one time, but hasn't posted in years.
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I have a strong 180 box with low mileage type b diff (steel caged) if your interested?
£250 gets it |
Gd price :-)
selling those wheels in the near future Dave?? cheers Paul |
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You still want them? |
If the PG1 out of the Lotus is cheap enough........buy it and swop the diff and gears over
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out of interest, what is a quaife (used) worth?
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Pm'd Dave. Going with mk2 kit so decided on 17" so 18" plus new Toyo's will be sold [emoji1] Cheers |
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