anton
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Post by anton on Mar 2, 2013 10:57:01 GMT 1
hello i have a laurel 2.4 auto 1987 im thinking of swapping the rear axle for the rear set up from a r33 any advice welcome
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Post by Al Ramone on Mar 2, 2013 20:12:21 GMT 1
hi. firstly why do you want to swap it?
and also we'd need to know what model you have, SGL or SGX as they both have different rear ends.
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Post by Damien4884 on Mar 3, 2013 9:01:24 GMT 1
Its this SGL  Pretty sure he wants to drop a CA18DET in it and wants to upgrade the rear end |
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Post by Al Ramone on Mar 3, 2013 9:18:33 GMT 1
ah. well thats a 4 linked live axle with a H190 diff. plenty strong enough but near impossible to get hold of an LSD if thats what you wanted?
very tricky to swap in anything else. prob the easist would be a Hilux axle or maybe something american. then at least you could just use the existing brackets and just weld them to the new axle.
not sure if it's worth it just for a CA though. unless you just wanna do it for the sake of it?
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wilko
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Post by wilko on Mar 5, 2013 18:29:27 GMT 1
I have an IRS C32 Laurel now and had a live axle C32 before this, the live axle car handled better.
There is a trend (especially in drifting it has to be said) to think that S13/14/15 and R32/33/34 type rear ends are the be all and end all, but this is not true. They are a lot better than the semi-trailing arm IRS on the C32 SGX models, but I'd keep a live axle given the choice.
The advantage from those types of IRS is in grip and traction if set up right, but in terms of feel and predictability, a properly located live axle is a bit more controllable on the limit. The *cough* Toyota AE86 from the same era is the daddy of all drift cars and they run a live axle. If my Laurel was live axle, I'd be a) happy and b) looking to improve the location / geometry rather than replace it.
Just my 2p
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anton
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Post by anton on Mar 16, 2013 11:06:03 GMT 1
the main reason i want to do this is because i already have the parts and the fact that it would be hard makes me want to do it even more the ca18det may only be temporary i might go for a rb25 but as i have two ca18det engines this will be what i will use first
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Post by Al Ramone on Mar 16, 2013 19:49:53 GMT 1
well the CA should fit in pretty well. i put one in my C230 laurel.
if you pull the engine i'd be interested in the old 2.4 lump.
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