Limited slip will direct a portion of the power to the other wheel. I
think something like #30-35%
With an LSD, you can still have wheelspin. The Quaife can transfer more
power and claims to bias the power to the wheel with better traction. So
it should perform better than the LSD.

When I spoke with the USA distributor for Quaife, they were willing to
do a quote for a Vanagon differential if someone were willing to supply
them with a standard differential so that they could see if they could
build one with existing parts, or would have to custom build some parts.

If anyone has a diff they would like to volunteer, I can dig up the name
of the guy that I spoke with.

Todd
'88 Westy

Dart 330 wrote:

>> I've looked into this and you have 2 (and a half) options:
>>
>> 1.) Find a limited slip ZF - you can only get these used and they are
>> hard
>> to find and pricey.
>>
>> 2.) Install a locking differential from a synchro. A little less pricey.
>>
>> 3.) Get enough people together to convince Quaife to make a
>> torque-biasing
>> differential for the Vanagon. http://www.quaifeamerica.com/
>
>
>
> Well I don't want to do number two, and number one costs $1200 for
> just the
> used part. I had no idea they would be that expensive. I see that quaife
> makes a differential for type 1, so they may be inclined to make a type 2
> differential. I was reading their description and it sounded like their
> differential allowed no slip at all. As though no wheel would spin as
> long
> as one had traction. Is this correct? Or would it act exactly the same as
> the ZF which I can actually obtain? Either way I will have to wait a
> while
> till the Van is paid off before I can go spend $1500 on upgrading the
> tranny.
>
> Thanks for the info,
> Nathan
> 85 Westy
> 74 Bus
> 60 SO-23
>
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