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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
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Pros:

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

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

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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.
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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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 :p

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 :D
 

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