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  1. 4th November 2006, 07:50 AM #1
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    Question Diffs for Rangie

    Hi Guys,

    Just a quick question for you, I have an 81 2door Rangie I'm setting up for our local comps. It has been suggested that i put Patrol diffs under it. Is there any advantage in doing this? and do you just use the centres or is it the whole diff disc to disc?
    Thanks
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  2. 4th November 2006, 08:41 AM #2
    uninformed
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    there are many options you can chose from. what you need is a list to determine which one is for you

    #1 budget?
    #2 how much power the engine will put out?
    #3 what size tyres will you run?
    #4 what gear ratio's will you run?
    #5 how hard do you drive?

    upgrading the rover diffs to maxi-drive lockers and axles will be good up to 35 inch tyres reliably. benifits of this is its drop in so no suspension or fabrication needed

    you can convert your rover centers to toyota's using the stock rover housing, the toyota center is a hypoid type, rather than the spiral bevel design of the rover so stronger cr&p. jacmac do parts for this conversion.
    once agian stock housing is no need for other mods

    you can convert to nissan/toyota full axles brake to brake, stronger but less ground clearance and fab work needed

    hope this helps a little

    cheers, serg
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  3. 4th November 2006, 08:43 PM #3
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    OK Thankyou yeah I have thought about lockers but where I am Patrol diffs are fairly easy to find compared to rangie diffs. I might have another look at lockers probably air lockers though.
    thanks agian
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  4. 23rd February 2009, 09:46 PM #4
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    I wonder if you could do the Patrol centers in the range rover housing. I got a thread for RFI on toyo diffs in the rangie housings, good thing is toyo diff centers from 80 series have e-lockers so maybe alot cheaper then ARB or JacMac air lockers.
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  5. 23rd February 2009, 10:29 PM #5
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    Go the toyo's !

    80 series high pinion front and hilux rear with arb air lockers and longfield 30 spline axles. I run this on 36's in comp and it's bombproof. We changed the axle housings to disco non ifs ones and cut off the sewer cap and used a rovertracks armoured one (magic!). With the disco hub to hub you can use your rover brakes ... you just need to drill out the holes to 10 mm to suit the disco hub. A little bit of careful bending on the brake lines (just by hand) without crimping and it fits beautifully.

    then make yourself a 3 link off the front axle (which is easier than you think!) and the flex is fantastic.

    We run a 4.6 EFI motor and give it total s... all the time and the drivetrain is supergood. It's expensive to start with doing the conversion but well worth it for competition.
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