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Have a Blackline ATB in my Vitesse. As much for the extra carrier strength as the traction. It’s undetectable in normal road use but definitely increases traction when pushing hard out of roundabouts and hairpins. Not quite sure why you’d need more for a road car. Because more is always better 😁 |
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More understeer? (A Vitesse certainly needs no help with that!),
Or more clattering and snatching from the back?😛
I also have a Subaru R160 viscous lsd to try in the same car (once I’ve managed to find the right inner CVs). That shouldn’t clatter and snatch but it might cause (more) understeer.
IMO a big part of the battle is getting the suspension right so its able to keep the driving wheels on the ground most of the time.
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1996 Audi A6 2.5 TDI Avant (still durability testing)
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More understeer? 😛More clattering and snatching from the back? Why would it give you under steer?? I used a welded diff for years. No under steer. The Gripper diff I use is also quiet. |
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Your experience differs from mine. Possibly because yours is correctly set up for the car…..
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1967 Triumph Vitesse convertible (old friend)
1996 Audi A6 2.5 TDI Avant (still durability testing)
1972 GT6 Mk3 (Restored after loong rest & getting the hang of being a car again)
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Your experience differs from mine. Possibly because yours is correctly set up for the car….. I doubt mines correctly set up, it was done by me 😁. It did used to cock a rear wheel badly under fast cornering, and heavy braking but hard front springs and softer rears did reduce it. |
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 the Beams Machine gets some TLC,its hard to see from this shot but the bottom radiator hose was occasionally hitting the alternator belt  that was because the alloy connecting pipe was hard up against the dipstick tube  so removed the dipstick tube and put a bigger dog leg in it and a longer connecting pipe and there's a good 1/2" clearance now   another problem was the Toyota temp sender not working with the Smiths gauge  I drilled and tapped and fitted a Smiths sender   got this off eBay for a good price, its s/h but a lot better than mine  off with the old one  much better |
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duplicate because of forum problems
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Amazingly tidy re-powering.
John
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For anyone who might be interested its now up for grabs on ebay,thanks  |
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Oh man that is tempting! Shame I'm poor... I've forwarded it onto a mate who has always wanted a Dolly/Tolly though. Also, just out of curiosity, do you make these to sell? Or is it more that you enjoy making them, so each finished one funds completing the next one, producing a continual stream of the most awesome 2-door Toledos the world has ever seen?  |
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Well, I have one of his cast offs...... No1 I think, and I love it, never fails to bring a grin....  |
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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shoey
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Oh man that is tempting! Shame I'm poor... I've forwarded it onto a mate who has always wanted a Dolly/Tolly though. Also, just out of curiosity, do you make these to sell? Or is it more that you enjoy making them, so each finished one funds completing the next one, producing a continual stream of the most awesome 2-door Toledos the world has ever seen? Thanks biturbo228I just enjoy working on Toledo's ,once am happy there finished I lose interest in them and then its on to the next one ,I don't make any money on them, wish Id of been given a mk1 escort for my 17th not a Dolomite,only joking . |
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Well, I have one of his cast offs...... No1 I think, and I love it, never fails to bring a grin.... Yeah he was interested in that one when it was last for sale but you pipped him to the post! still one of my all-time favourite cars Thanks biturbo228I just enjoy working on Toledo's ,once am happy there finished I lose interest in them and then its on to the next one ,I don't make any money on them, wish Id of been given a mk1 escort for my 17th not a Dolomite,only joking . Neat have you ever considered doing a Saab B204 one? No idea how well it would fit, but I was always drawn to that combo due to the Triumph connection (the Saab B-engine essentially being a Triumph OHC with all of its problems fixed...). |
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Well, I have one of his cast offs...... No1 I think, and I love it, never fails to bring a grin.... sure we saw it at oh-so-retro? |
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Well, I have one of his cast offs...... No1 I think, and I love it, never fails to bring a grin.... sure we saw it at oh-so-retro? Indeed it was at OhSoRetro, along with the Primrose S2000 Shoey built car, |
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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Apr 10, 2024 15:43:39 GMT
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Gonna have a bid on this for sure.
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Current Cars
2005 Jaguar S type R 4.2 V8
Mk1 Transit Campervan
Previous cars
1984 BMW e28 525e
2011 Audi A4 Avant S-line Black Edition
1997 Jeep Cherokee xj off roader
1986 BMW e28 520i
1992 RRC 3.9l V8
1996 Subaru Sti
2001 Saab Aero (HOT) cabrio
2008 Audi S3
2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee LTD
1989 Volvo 740 GL Estate
2001 Subaru legacy 2.5 GX Lux Estate
2002 Citroen Saxo 1.1 desire
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Sold, well done...
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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Apr 16, 2024 17:43:18 GMT
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And time waster #1 - Hopefully not too many rounds before a genuine bidder gets the winning ticket.
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