Richard/SIA Richard Brengman No. Nevada (401 posts) Registered: 01/17/2014 07:47PM Main British Car: 1969 Triumph GT6+ 225" Buick V6 |
Hmm, lots of Triumph/GT6 diff possibilities!
Half-off at P&P for the holiday weekend.
Got a chance to look around at a few cars they have. Lexus LS400 diff looks almost like it was made for exchanging into a Triumph except that it has an odd guibo type joint on the input. Appears to be an open diff. Porsche 944 trans-axle can be had for under $100. Interesting, but a lot of work to make it fit and deal with the torque tube. 61 Pontiac Tempest rear complete, another interesting engineering exercise. Flexible drive-shaft (Really!) and an American made trans-axle intended for a front mounted engine. Nissan 300 ZX diff, appears to also not be a posi but not too hard to make work. '96 Ford T-Bird, diff is not as large as I feared. CL ad has a Supra posi diff for $200.00 Not sure of the ratio or miles. Found five Merkur's in semi-local P&P yards! Rear is very similar to T-bird but a bit lighter. Also found an Escort GT twin cam locally. Not sure if the disc brakes can be adapted to the Merkur hubs? One P&P also has a '65 Midget I might want pieces from. So I have until monday to decide what to use for my GT6/Buick V6 and T5. |
Richard/SIA Richard Brengman No. Nevada (401 posts) Registered: 01/17/2014 07:47PM Main British Car: 1969 Triumph GT6+ 225" Buick V6 |
Re: Hmm, lots of Triumph/GT6 diff possibilities!
Got a Merkur complete manual trans rear today.
If P&P were not selling at half price I would have left it there and bought the local Supra rear instead. P&P jacked the price up by ignoring their published "Car rear end, drum to drum" and charged me piece meal for each component rather than the assembly. So my $75.00 rear was nearly $200.00. |