Brake:Bleed

[madsav]

Anyone got a Part number or know the size etc for the brake caliper front and rear bleeder nipples.
Also Stocky Diff vs LSD waht are the good and bad of both
Cheers

 

[Morton]

Pros:

open diff: very cheap, less frequent service intervals, safer for noobs
lsd diff: towing heavy loads, safer for experienced drivers

 

[madsav]

So would there be much HP gain to wheels with a lsd noticable or little?

 

[Morton]

None, it has nothing to do with horsepower. If anything at all, you would lose the tiniest immesurable fraction through rotating mass and mechanical friction.

 

[madsav]

gotcha thanx

 

[maldotcom2]

Why aren't LSDs safe for noobs? More likely to lose the back end under power?

 

[pow3rslave]

while this threads going, can anyone recommend where i can get some copper washers for the fronts? i got 'champion' brand ones from autobarn.
the 3/8 ones have too small inner diameter to fit the banjo bolt, but the outside diameter fits the hollow on the caliper

the 7/16 ones have the right inner diameter to fit the banjo bolt, but the outside diameter is to big to fit the hollow on the caliper.

 

[Morton]

Why aren't LSDs safe for noobs? More likely to lose the back end under power?

Pretty much. A single spinner lets you know when you've given it too much boot in the rain, and you can back off. An LSD will throw you sideways pretty much instantly - and in a car with stock suspension, that can be scary for ANYONE at 80kph.

Conversely, if you drive like a chopstick and keep your foot booted all the time, a single spinner is going to do something unpredictable at some point, and throw you into a wall. An LSD will always react in the same way, so you can at least brace yourself for the impact.

while this threads going, can anyone recommend where i can get some copper washers for the fronts? i got 'champion' brand ones from autobarn.
the 3/8 ones have too small inner diameter to fit the banjo bolt, but the outside diameter fits the hollow on the caliper

the 7/16 ones have the right inner diameter to fit the banjo bolt, but the outside diameter is to big to fit the hollow on the caliper.

Take a sample washer into Burson and they have packets of them everywhere.

 

[DavoVP]

I like it morton haha !

OK in " chopsticks" terms

Open center = crap single wheel skids unless you get em spinning fast enuff or your dif is just ****ed or welded up

LSD, great for going sideways and laying 2 lines of rubber instead of 1 !

I hope thats easy to comprehend...........

But as morton said, lsd + wet = dangerous for the novice driver

and allso cheap parts for me

 

[Morton]

Also just note, cheap/old lsd + wet + good driver = dangerous anyway Sometimes worn LSDs aren't as predictable as you'd like