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

[Erik]

It all depends on how you drive your SHO.  One that sees burnouts every day
multiple times a day is more likely to see a differential pin failure than
rod bearing failure. Just because of the multiple forces of torque on the
pins daily.  Just my $.02

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Kopstain" <SHOtimes@midwestsho.com>
To: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] LSD Conversion KIT for the SHO? Any comments?


> > 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.
>
> I would have to agree with Carl here.  The differential pin problem, while
> it is the most common problem for the MTX, is not all that common.  The
rod
> bearings on the other hand, are becoming an epidemic.  Who knows, maybe
it's
> age.  I remember the first publicized case about 2.5 years ago about a kid
> that just bought a 93' ATX with IIRC 110,000 on it and it spun a bearing
two
> weeks later.  I have cars documented as low as 85,000 miles spinning
> bearings.  My bet would be that if you take down a 100,000 mile motor
right
> now the bearings would be showing copper.
>
> Bruce Malachuk drove to the convention and home with a spun rod bearing.
I
> beleive his car has less than 100,000 miles.  I would place my bets on rod
> bearing failure over differential failure any day.
>
> My .02
>
> ~ Mike
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 10:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] LSD Conversion KIT for the SHO? Any comments?
>
>
> > 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.
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