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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - This might be a dumb question

I'm looking for a LSD for my 1962 1098 midget racecar.

I've been offered a salisbury lsd for a mini - and as I do not know I ask here - will it fit? - I mean the mini is forwheel drive and a complete different construction!!

If anyone have a good but used item - I'm interested

ole
Ole Aaen

Mini is completely different Ole, you need an LSD for a Midget or any other car with the same axle - Morris Minor 1000, A35, A40, Riley 1.5, Wolsley 1500 etc.
David Smith

Ole
If you want the best try RT Quaife Engineering (look in google for number)
Ian
Ian Webb '73 GAN5

Ian,

IIRC one problem with the Quaife torque biasing diff which I have seen mentioned in their literature before is that it doesn't function if you lift a wheel. I couldn't see any mention in their general blurb but am pretty sure I have seen it somewhere in their info.
David Billington

try this company....david lieb swears by them and has one of there LSD...I think its around $500 usa...but with your strong currency...it would be dirt cheap on your side of the pond..,,, you may have to call them about it.

http://www.phantomgrip.com/

prop
Prop

Well...the last adwise with the Phantomgrip I don't quite know.

You see - I have one.

This last weekend I was racing on a track here in denmark, and as I just started the first laps on the timingrounds, I heard a loud crack and lost all power.

At first I thought it was the gearbox, but after being towed into the pit I could feel that there were full resistence on the drivingchaft - I took the diff. out and could now see what had happend - the pin going through the PhantomGrip were forced to break right at the edge of the PhantomGrip - a fellow racer told me that he had experienced exactly the same.

Thats why I'm now looking for another solution.

The only thing I do not know is if it had been better if I had fitted the uprated springs inside of the Grip - I had only the standard springs fitted - because the grip gets wider with the uprated springs, so you have to mill some away in ordre to fit the grip - and I hadn't got the time for that.

I'll see if I can get the time to take a photo of the damage tomorrow!
Ole Aaen

Peter May does a plate type LSD for £520:

http://www.petermayengineering.co.uk/contactUs.htm

Tim Fenna at Frontline Spridget is similar in price:

http://www.mgcars.org.uk/frontline/pricelst.htm
Deborah Evans

This thread was discussed between 25/06/2008 and 26/06/2008

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