Anyone have the Quaife installed yet? I'm curious how it affects torque steer. I've noticed a lot more tire slippage with my new clutch and would certainly welcome more traction.

 

I'm also interested in this. Any idea what the cost(parts only not installed)

 

Ask Mardigrasmax he has it on his car, he said that the wheels gripped a whole lot better when we went to the track, I am not to literate on this quaife diff thing so just letting you guys know hes one who has it on his car if you guys wanted the real scoop.

 

Go to www.cattman.com. Its $1445 according to his website. I think my friend brian got it for 1200 or 1300 though. Cattman is the exclusive US distributor.

 

Yeah, it was like $1250 if you got in on the original group deal. Since I was the guy who contacted Quaife and got them to agree to do the deal, then turned Brian Catts on to it, I ponied up for the differential. I ran into some bad luck when my old differential completely died about 6 weeks before the Quaife showed up, after waiting nearly a year, and I had to replace my trani. I almost went with a factory LSD at that point, which would have meant losing the deposit ... Instead I opted for the better Quaife, but now I have to wait till I can afford to get the new trani pulled and the new differential installed. Figure around a grand at least ... simply swapping the trani was $600 labor.

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....ghlight=quaife

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....ghlight=quaife

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....ghlight=quaife

 

I've got the Place Racing mounts and the ACT clutch (with Stillen flywheel) but trani rebuilds are more than I want to handle. It's funny how few shops will replace the differential nowadays. Most just pull the old trani and slap in a new one. Rebuilding tranis is becoming a lost art.

 

How does your car respond with a stillen aluminum clutch can you explain the difference if you dont mind? I am going to a ACT clutch as well but just resurfacing my flywheel and thats it. Is the aluminum flywheel worth the $500?

And sorry for getting off the Quaife Topic My apologies

 

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How does your car respond with a stillen aluminum clutch can you explain the difference if you dont mind? I am going to a ACT clutch as well but just resurfacing my flywheel and thats it. Is the aluminum flywheel worth the $500?

Oops ... I wanted to get the ACT clutch, but at the time I had to replace my trani, there were none to be had anywhere. I called the factory and every shop listed as an ACT supplier in the Western USA, and it was at least 2-3 weeks before any would be available. As a result, I wound up putting in the JWT Stage 1 clutch. So far I'm pleased with it. No problems, lots of grab. Now, as for the Stillen flywheel (made by Mueller, who has a good reputation), it was about $430. Resurfacing the old flywheel was something like $60, so we're talking $370. Not chump change, but it sounds better than $500 Anyway, I like it. The car seems quicker and more responsive in lower gears, and I don't think it really makes any difference for freeway cruising anyway (and I put on 1400+ miles every month - nearly 114k miles on a '97). I drive with a steady foot, so I don't notice a loss of flywheel momentum. The only drawback is I sometimes feel a slight stumble at half throttle acceleration. At 3/4 throttle or better the car is just strong. Oh, sometimes I do notice a bit more clutch work on hills in SF, but nothing that really changes how I drive.

When I got the part on I posted that I had a slight increase in mileage; considering the price of gas, if I save the equivalent of 1 gallon a tank, over the next couple of years the flywheel pays for itself - another reason to not feel bad about spending the bucks.