What Diff To Get?

[Spiky 37]

what diff would be best to get for my 205??

 

it has 309 front end, 309 beam not fitted yet

 

and gti-6 engine to be fitted

 

so i need a good diff

 

 

but what diff? and why that one?????

[GTI6BOY 29]

If you can get a ZF diff, originally supplied by Peugeot Sport then these are spot on.

 

But others are also very good, but i only have experience in these

[Rob_the_Sparky 9]

1) do a search

2) what diff will depend on the application, as you will see from various threads on LSD choices.

 

Rob

[fxi1900 0]

Yes ZF all day long BUT No.1 will funds allow you to buy a £1200 diff (with driveshafts)? No.2 you can't exactly guarantee to find one from one month to the other! And No.3 they are a proper group "A" rally item, So do you think your car and driving abilitys are really up for the job?! So the next best thing to the ZF is a Tran-x, They are a bit more "agricultural" to the ZF but still do the job in question superbly. I have used all 3 of them on various peugeot rally cars over the years and thus came to the Tran-x conclusion. Don't even think about the quaife as you will be very dissapointed!

Edited May 13, 2007 by fxi1900

[Hilgie 16 2 Cars]

Yes...for track use I would go TranX or Gripper.

 

Quaife is good for public road cars and dailydrivers.

 

ZF is very good, but you need custom driveshafts.

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

The ZF diff you can use the 306 inner shaft to save the silly amount they ask for the driveshafts, but there are 2 types of ZF the early one which has a bespoke crownwheel which I hate to think of the cost and the later ones use the std crownwheel.

But as said for track work Plate type diffs are really the only choice

[Hilgie 16 2 Cars]

Okay...so the ZF diff is the same size as the 'big diff' as used on the late 306s and HDIs ?

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

Well I;ve used the 306 innner shaft on the ZF diff, but if buying one it wouldn;t be on my list due to the cost

[VisaGTi16v 1]

@Miles: Why do you say plate diffs are the only choice for track work? Surely quaifes work fine as you dont lift a front wheel on the track unless you bounce over a curb during a spin or something. Is it because the plate ones can send more load to the wheel with grip? I know lots of people in sprinting that use Quaifes that like them and have no complaints (granted that they may not have tried a plate one)

 

On a related note. Why is it that (afaik), the TranX plate diff thats designed for a BE3 box needs some of the diff housing milling out? How can it be well designed if thats the case. I can only think its the same as one of their other models just with different bearings or something and would have needed a complete re-engineer to avoid this need to grind?

 

Then of course there was that recent thread I saw somewhere on here about a bad batch of TranX diffs failing really quickly

[VisaGTi16v 1]

What about 1.5 way Kaaz ones? They seem comparable on value at £517 inc vat. Do they require the diff housing modifying? I am about to get a diff you see and I was going to get a quaife but may consider a plate one. I dont have PAS but then most people on here say its ok without. My things quite light currently at speed

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

The gripper ones need the same mod to the gearbox but both are a good Diff, I;ve fitted A Kaaz diff and it fit's without mod's but my choice is the first 2 as they are UK based and servicing/parts are easy to get, not saying that Kaaz are not but once bitten and all that.

[rapidmi 4]

not got alot of experience in these but can se past the quaife