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Hasn't the 156 GTA already got a LSD?.....
Or am I thinking of the 147 GTA?
Or am I thinking of the 147 GTA?
Technical Alfa Q2 differential for a GPS
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Technical Alfa Q2 differential for a GPS
Nope neither has LSD. My 156 GTA torque steers far less than the old Stilo Abarth did, that was all over the shop, infact I haven't noticed a problem at all. The standard diff is a weaklink in the GTA and do fail, it's probably one of the biggest failures and if you're unlucky it'll take the gearbox with it, they have a list price of £2,800 so £500 on a upgraded diff which provides the LSD benefits too seems a very sensible purchase.
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price makes me sceptical of build quality?
love the idea of a 190bhp gps diesel with LSD
love the idea of a 190bhp gps diesel with LSD
oh keep us updated, is someone going to take the leap and try this first! Think i would defiently be intrested when the car gets a little older and ive got remap/induction and sports clutch to cope with that power. Good job me old mans retired mechanic cheap labour..... cup tea dad :devil:
cheap labour..... cup tea dad :devil:Hi , I should've replied a while ago as I got a reply from a couple of other "profesionals".
A very well known Fiat/Alfa dealer/tuner in the North west said I should'nt do i
tbecause of electronic difficulties with traction control and other handling problems. I am a bit suspicious of this because the new Alfa MiTo will be out soon and they want to sell them to people like me. Thus hinting that I should'nt waste my money.
A very good motor engineer that I know was asked about this and he is positive it can be done as it is just fitted inside the current gearbox in place of the current diff.
Fiat themselves have not bothered to reply to my querry.
So it appears that it will be a case of "suck it and see".
At the moment I am spending all of my cash on diesel so I will put this project on the back burner for a while.
Any body else wanting to fit a LSD in a GPS please tell us how it goes.
Cheers Stu.
A very well known Fiat/Alfa dealer/tuner in the North west said I should'nt do i
tbecause of electronic difficulties with traction control and other handling problems. I am a bit suspicious of this because the new Alfa MiTo will be out soon and they want to sell them to people like me. Thus hinting that I should'nt waste my money.
A very good motor engineer that I know was asked about this and he is positive it can be done as it is just fitted inside the current gearbox in place of the current diff.
Fiat themselves have not bothered to reply to my querry.
So it appears that it will be a case of "suck it and see".
At the moment I am spending all of my cash on diesel so I will put this project on the back burner for a while.
Any body else wanting to fit a LSD in a GPS please tell us how it goes.
Cheers Stu.
You know you wanna do it kris!!!
Its tempting, powering out of corners
In a month or two I'll hav some cash free to spend. So maybe then. But for now its just a few things that i'm working on.
I'm guessing this could be applied to Bravo multijets too?
I can't see any reason why not??
mmmm was skittering all over on the way home - after a week in limp home mode getting the whole 150 italian ponies back will take a few hours to adjust to!
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Anything to improve the new bravo handleing is a good thing, after all its just a pumped up stilo underneath .
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Did anyone actually bite the bullet?
Btw Hellcat -> Quaife do an LSD for the Bravo M-Jets so if the quaife one is too much then you can just compare specs to the alfa one?
I'm trying to see if the M-Jet one will fir the t-jet!
Btw Hellcat -> Quaife do an LSD for the Bravo M-Jets so if the quaife one is too much then you can just compare specs to the alfa one?
I'm trying to see if the M-Jet one will fir the t-jet!
I know the Q2 from an Alfa JTDm 1.9 fits the 150 multijet. Just need to save up for the part, uprated suspension and the insurance hike
They've also adapted teh LSD for the Astra VXR which shares its M32 gearbox allbeit with a different 6th gear with the Mjet GPS 1.9.
On that basis im not sure IF the Alfa's use the M32 and so whether the Q2 would fit but dont quote me.
http://www.quaife.co.uk/catalogue/products/qdf25b-5
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I thought the 1.9 Mjet had the same box as the 1.6 Corsa VXR?
whats the main gud points about these, and is it worth all the money
Main good points are traction is maintained with one wheel slipping not being given all the power.
Worth it for track cars and possibly for B road warriors.
