[Fot] Spitfire Differentials

[rdavis4 at cfl.rr.com]

Subaru and Datsun 510 do share a diff that is similar. I believe the diff is manufactured by Hitachi Heavy Industry's. Outward appearances are the same and when they first appeared in Subaru's they were the same on the inside, right down to the clutch type LSD. Over the course of time, up to today, Subaru's still uses the same diff case but has changed to viscous LSD (not good in this case for racing) and changed the way the stub axles are retained so the side plate and ring carrier is different. One of the websites out there details installing the Datsun/Subaru diff in a GT6/Spitfire. Do a google search.

Bob Davis

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Kantarjiev <cak at dimebank.com>
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> In some parts of the world, the hot setup for Spitfire differentials is the
> Datsun 510 diff ... which looks remarkably like the Subaru diff of recent
> years. I don't know the details, but I bet you can find out from some of the
> clubs down under.
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