[Shotimes] LSD Conversion KIT for the SHO? Any comments?

[Donald Mallinson]

Carl,

Are you really unaware of the differential problems with the 
SHO?  The problem is well known, and the Quaife totally 
replaces the unit that fails.  There was, I think, one 
exception in an all-out racing situation where a Quaife 
failed, but other than that, the Quaife is proven to be 
about as bulletproof as can be expected of any performance part.

Since the differential problem became well known a few years 
  ago, the Quaife has always been presented as not only a 
performance enhancement, but preventing the failure that can 
take out the tranny.

Also, I am mystified by your comment about V6 rod bearings 
and V8 Cam lobes.  the V6 rod bearings can fail, but usually 
after 200,000 miles, and that is a good long life, and 
better than most motors.  The rod bearings are not an area 
of major concern for SHO V6 owners.

The V8 Cam lobes also are NOT a problem, I suspect you just 
confused them with the V8 cam sprocket problem that IS 
taking out V8's at record rates.  About 15 in the last 45 
days or so, and those are just the ones that manage to find 
the SHOclub or the V8SHO group on the internet.  We can bet 
that more than twice as many fail that we never find out 
about since about half the country still isn't on the 
internet (I researched that, it is pretty close to 50-60% of 
the country has regular internet access, leaving about half 
to 40% without).

Let's keep those SHO's on the road!

Don M.



Carl Prochilo wrote:

> That's the first time I ever heard anyone say that a Quaife install would
> prolong (hey, remember that stuff?) the life of MTX-IV.
> 
> BTW, I would say the rod bearings on the V6 are more comparable to the cam
> lobes on the V8 as lousy failure mechanisms that fry motors.