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Post Mon May 26, 2008 6:10 pm

hi, i had a couple of people ask me about my diff hanger, took a coulple of pics today while i was taking the motor out.
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Post Mon May 26, 2008 9:29 pm

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Post Mon May 26, 2008 9:45 pm

Is that in addition to the stock mount, and have you solidified the default mounting in the same way?
...or is it?
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Post Mon May 26, 2008 9:50 pm

not finished yet, poly on both mounts
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Post Tue May 27, 2008 5:41 pm

That looks good, i went for the e36 rear diff plate, so cut the original one off and refabricated it with the 2 pick up points + double skinned the boot floor + reinforced the mounts with uprights coming from the welded srear strut brace.

my set up is clearly overkill as i'm only running a rotex charger and a bar of boost but better safe than sorry.
I'll take some pics if your interested
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Post Tue May 27, 2008 5:46 pm

nice work :cool:
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Post Tue May 27, 2008 7:12 pm

oldroydsr4 wrote:That looks good, i went for the e36 rear diff plate, so cut the original one off and refabricated it with the 2 pick up points + double skinned the boot floor + reinforced the mounts with uprights coming from the welded srear strut brace.

my set up is clearly overkill as i'm only running a rotex charger and a bar of boost but better safe than sorry.
I'll take some pics if your interested
cheers, yeah if you could take pics, i might reinforce it some more coz im shooting for around 500hp..
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Post Tue May 27, 2008 10:28 pm

No prob, i will et some quality pics asap.
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Post Tue May 27, 2008 10:47 pm

have you guys ripped of your diffs before of something?
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Post Tue May 27, 2008 11:44 pm

There was a guy on here who did tear the mount off the boot floor so everyone's been thinking about ways to stop that happening.

I'd been thinking along exactly the same lines as Rossle there, only in steel and picking up on the upper bolt holes.

Don't suppose it makes any difference though, excellent work there dude!
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Post Wed May 28, 2008 8:55 am

ahhhhh ok! well they are running considrably more power; diff flexes a lot more then that means!

wont this reinsforcement mean that a bit more vibration is felt through the car? im sure rossle mount will hold it very well; two strong pick up points; where else can he well it too, lolo!
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Post Wed May 28, 2008 3:15 pm

cheers, theres more to be done yet, i just hope its ready for santa pod..