Phantom Grip or Quaife America LSD

[Shpyder]

Ok guys, your responses to my last thread helped me loads. Now the finale'.

Should I get a Phantom Grip LSD or Quaife?

Quaife is a ton more expensive but I have heard about it from so many people that it is the bomBz. Aight ya'll?

Phantom grip is less than 1/4th Quaife's price, and has some good "online" reviews.

I am really confused. Tell me which one I should get, I need to order within the next week!

Thanks! Shumyyal.

[gotboost2ggst]

Bro if you really want to know Quaife is the best one out there i would go with Quaife i thinking of getting one to after I save some money

[Sleepr awd]

johnnybgood (in the 2000+ forum) said that the comparison of how good it is is relevant to the cost, the quaife costs more so its better the phantom grip doesn't, and doesn't perform quite as well...since i'm on a SERIOUS budget...i'm sticking w/ the phantom grip

[Shpyder]

the phantom grip won't "hurt" my car because it is cheap, would it? I am talking about any unknown stress factors the cheaper component might place on related parts etc...if it will perform a little below the quaife, I don't mind that, I just need reasonable traction to get rid of blasted wheel hop. The price seems a whole lot more reasonable. What do you think?

[Sleepr awd]

i'm getting it in a couple months, i'll let ya kno how it works out if you'd care to wait, besides what i told ya i don't know, i assume all lsd's work the same for the most part, it prolly just lets it slip a lil more maybe? not sure

[Fred95GSX]

Originally Posted by Elchicoloco86

i assume all lsd's work the same for the most part

Don't assume, research.

[Shpyder]

I did some research on the phantom grips. Nothing. They post their own reviews, so nothing solid to go by. Quaife has bulletproof reputation, but 4 times the cost... I will probably have to swing by a transmission place and ask them.

[Sleepr awd]

If i get the phantom first then, i'll volunteer to be the guinea pig


here's one review....
http://forums.freshalloy.com/ubbthre...umber=67707368
and here's the opposite (a lil more insightful)...bottom 3 posts on page are the focus
http://cscc.speedracer.ca/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=284

maybe....i won't be the guinea pig :-/

[Fred95GSX]

You can't find anyone to sing the praises of the Phantom Grip but lots of people say the Quaife is great. Doesn't that tell you something?

What my google search found:

http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthr...threadid=10749

[Shpyder]

those links were very useful....thanks guys.

how does one "break" a weak spyder gear? Does the Quaife part include stronger gears?

[Sleepr awd]

i think ...i don't know...bump for someone who can answer!

[97 GSTBoy]

I've heard good thinhgs about Kaaz.... i'm thinking of getting one of their LSDs myself.

http://www.kaazusa.com/default.asp

[Sleepr awd]

hmmm...
i would check...dsm.org and they have parts reviews somewhere in there on EVERYTHING almost ANY part for hte 2g/1g Turbo cars
http://www.dsmreviews.com/index2.php3 << more direct link
i'm pretty sure that people said quaife was better than kaaz

[BoostedSpyder]

the kaaz is a clutch-type lsd that you have to replace the clutch on. Qauife is a solid gear system. you will never have to touch it again...

http://roadraceengineering.com/ecldrivetrain.htm

look at the bottom for the LSD's and a wealth of info on the Quaife. this is all you should need for convincing...

[Never Enough Power]

When I was considering a lsd, I did some searching and everything I found said the Quaife was the one to go with. I ended up finding one listed on dsmtrader.com. It was one of the best investments for my GS-T yet. I don't know about the others, but I will give a shout to the Quaife.