Re: Alternative to Quaife? Why not?

[Shawn C Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com>]

On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 20:13:37 EST DIUTLEY@aol.com writes:
>Okay, I understand that at least for of you feel that it is not up to
the 
>Quaife, but no one told me why. 


Sorry, we should have gone into details for you. Our bad. :)
Ok, in a nutshell, the Velocity diff kit adds more preload to the springs
on the differential axle flanges. The early stage one kit was called a
40% kit, later changed to the stage one kit. It increases this preload by
40% over the stock numbers. Hardly noticeable in my experience. (Even
thou its what I have on my car right now. More on that later.)
The 80% kit, or, stage 2, doubles the preload which does indeed make the
car feel like it had more grip over the stock configuration. (Because it
does!)
I liked the stage 2 kit when I had it in my car. I developed problems
which s it turns out, on lowered cars with 90mm flanges, the axle rubs on
the bolt and damages important stuff. So I reverted back to the stage one
in my car. If you have a normally suspended car, or have the 100mm
flanges (because the 100mm flanges are deeper which avoids contact with
the axle to the diff kit bolt.) then you will be just fine. 

For the money, the diff kit is worth it! $100 and you can install it
yourself where ass the Quaife requires a complete tear down of the
tranny. Your looking at about $1500-$2000 to get the quaife, depending on
who does the work. There is no comparison, the Quaife is a much better
setup, without a doubt. 

For the money, the Velocity kit is worth it. Some performance gains for a
small cost. 




>    When I drove my buddy's early Rabbit that I mentioned earlier, there
was 
>almost no torque steer, and it loaded itself smoothly even when
absolutely sna
>pping the clutch.  I did not try that car in the turns, though, so I can

>understand if there is some benefit there that Quaife delivers.  


Ive driven both systems. (And driven them HARD too!) By far, the quaife
is much better. It takes a mediocre car and transforms it into an autox
contender. What really matters also is the HP your putting to the ground.
Low HP can net traction gains with just the diff kit. It just depends on
what your going to do with the car VS what you can afford.



>    Something else I had heard about the Quaife is that they tend to
last no 
>more than 50K miles or so.  Can anyone testify here, without getting
testy?  
>;-)  That is hearsay, as I never spoke to anyone directly with this 
>experience, only second-hand info.


The quaife lasts forever, last ive heard. They require no maintenance and
considering the make of the diff, should last forever unless your putting
800hp thu it, then by all means, expect to have a problem sooner or
later. AFIAK, the quaife has a bulletproof reputation. That's why they're
so expensive and everybody wants one. 


Shawn Meze
86' Jetta GLi   82' Scirocco GTi   81' "Project Scirocco FSP"
The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and
best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
http://www.Geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1308/index.htm 

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