garry Posted June 15, 2002 Share Posted June 15, 2002 how much poke can a r180 diff take i have one in a 260 327 it seems fine. i also have a r200 just in case ???. will thay take 300 rear wheel hp garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted June 15, 2002 Share Posted June 15, 2002 Garry,,, you can be the R180 test case from Down under ..keep on a poke-o-ing that R180 with the 327. They are supposed to break but few are reported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zpeed Posted June 15, 2002 Share Posted June 15, 2002 ummmm i've heard that will take a 350+hp motor, or a lower hp motor with some hard launches.. and u'll blow it no problem... as for the R200.. only heard a few brake.. and that was on this board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted June 15, 2002 Share Posted June 15, 2002 Depends on how you drive it, if you shock it every chance you get, nah, it'll be history, that said with my low hp V8 (about 260 or so)and a T56 I havn't killed mine yet, but I don't beat on it real hard because I know I could if I tried. It does leak pretty good after I've been abusing it, so its plain its getting VERY hot and thats when it leaks, after I've been out hot rodding it. I'd just figure it into the swap. If its just transportation and you don't launch on it constantly, it'll pur along like no problem and hold up to 300 hp. Regards, Lone Ps: Minimally you'll need to probably cable the front of the diff or make a new front diff mount support, there is enough torque to rip the front mount rubber loose when the front of the diff tries to raise itself up due to torque, don't ask me how I know that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicker240 Posted June 15, 2002 Share Posted June 15, 2002 I autocrossed my 240 for several years with the original r180(in the forward position no less)with around 300hp.It got real noisy about 5 years later but never broke(bearings I guess).I avoided smokey stoplight burnouts but it did get its share of them on the occasional saturday night.If you keep it off the drag strip,and away from wrinkle wall slicks,it should be fine.Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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