[Grunt]

Hey guys.

I'm currently driving a 98 Vit Estate on 30in Couragias. They're great tyres but they really sap the power.
Now I've looked through the whole NOOB Talk listing, mostly at titles but several posts as well (found some good stuff) and I'm sure this has been covered.

Can anyone point me in the right direction for sourcing Lower ratio diff gears.

I know I currently have 5.125:1s and need about 5.491 to get her back to stock.
Calmini used to stock them but for one reason or another scrapped them.
Is there another manufacturer or am I limited to the 5.8s from 4x4art?
They might be a bit to low for the 30s.

Lastly did any of the Vitaras come with a factory LSD?
Any help here is appreciated.

[Gwagensteve]

No factory LSD I'm afraid.

Those Calmini gears never existed as far as I am aware.

I think you're stuck at 5.12, if that's what you have. Is your car a 1.6 or 2.0 litre?

[christover1]

I don't know anyone who has used the 5.8's from 4x4art in Aus.
European forums seem to like their products, from my small bit of research.

[Grunt]

Thanks guys, much appreciated.
Looks like I'm sticking with stock. I could have sworn the calmini site used to have a lot more drive line options.

Ive got the 1.6 estate. Apparently the shorties have a lower 5th? Having driven both I don't recall a difference.

[Gwagensteve]

No difference in gearing as far as I am aware between estate and swb.

Calmini advertise/used to advertise all sorts of things. The story about the Calmini gears went on for years/lawsuits/all manner of nonsense allegedly. That was the best part of 8 years ago or something.

You have discovered the One Great Limitation of the vitara - high range gearing reduction.

Steve.

[got_bar_work]

One of the early vitaras have a lower 5th
Cant remeber which one.
a few of the guys in the nsw zook club run them

[atari4x4]

Grunt wrote:

Thanks guys, much appreciated.
Looks like I'm sticking with stock. I could have sworn the calmini site used to have a lot more drive line options.

Ive got the 1.6 estate. Apparently the shorties have a lower 5th? Having driven both I don't recall a difference.

Post a pick of your Vitara mate, don't think they ever made a 1.6l 1998 estate.

[Grunt]

Im going to be honest here I cant work out the posting of photos bit, still learning that. just got myself a photobucket account, apparently that's the handy.


Ive been calling it a 98 vitara a bit out of habit, the rego papers say 98, the little blue plate says 97.
im yet to have a vit where the rego papers have matched the plate for year model. had two 93s listed as 94s.

[Sco-tie]

Upload pics to photo bucket then copy the img code into your posts. Then it will come up as a pic not an attachment.