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bigdiesel	Rear axle		Lead	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 28 Tue, 24-Nov-2009 22:17	Tags : None Can anyone tell me a bit about rear axles? Did the earlier cars (to 80's) use escort & cortina axles? I assume the Mantula's use the Capri rear axle. I have been reading some American magazines and they mention the 8.8 and 9 inch axles as being popular in kits, were these fitted to Uk cars?
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cactusdave	Rear Axles	#1	[url]	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 80 Wed, 25-Nov-2009 17:14	Most of the early cars used the mk1 Capri rear axle. The build instruction specify this axle. However my 1970 3l V6 has a different axle as did a few others namely a Salisbury 7HA axle - this is not off a Cortina and has stronger halfshafts!
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bigdiesel		#2	[url]	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 29 Wed, 25-Nov-2009 21:57	How does the Salisbury axle compare to that fitted the wide bodied marcos Is it true the mantis uses a ford mustang rear axle --- and --- what type of axle is fitted to a LM 500 / 400? Looks like I'm on a learning curve for axles --- so any info' would be welcome.
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Jack		#3	[url]	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 1536 Thu, 26-Nov-2009 11:27 Guru mechanic	The wide body cars are all IRS and originally used the Ford Sierra diff with the now rare 3.14 ratio - not LSD but can be converted. At some point Marcos changed to a Hydratrac diff - as they got a great price on them. Some cars are fitted with a Quaiffe diff and race cars appear to use BTR diffs. There are plenty of BTR diffs available from busted T.V.R's! Last Edited By: Jack Sun, 6-Dec-2009 12:41. Edited 1 time.
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bigdiesel		#4	[url]	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 31 Sat, 28-Nov-2009 22:27	Jack - much appreciated Bigdiesel
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Colin Jenkins		#5	[url]	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 926 Sun, 6-Dec-2009 08:39 Chief mechanic	cactusdave wrote: Most of the early cars used the mk1 Capri rear axle. The build instruction specify this axle. However my 1970 3l V6 has a different axle as did a few others namely a Salisbury 7HA axle - this is not off a Cortina and has stronger halfshafts! I hadn't heard about the Mk1 Capri axle being used (I assume you mean Classic Capri) but certainly by the late 60's they were using Mk2 Cortina rear axles. Is it possible they are the same? There are some that have had Mk1 Capri (3.09:1) reto fitted but these are a little too wide and put the wheels slightly outside the bodywork. Mantulas specified the Mk2 2.8 injection Capri axle.
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cactusdave	Rear Axle	#6	[url]	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 81 Wed, 16-Dec-2009 16:47	The original build manua l(pre 71) suggests using a Mk2 Cortina axle or Mk 1 3l Capri axle. Only the Mk 2 Capri axle is too wide 57in vs 54 in
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