4motion haldex modification ?

[qsilverza]

Has anyone tried the Haldex 4motion conversion ? What is it like ? I have heard it is one of the best mods for the v6 4motion in terms of handling as it locks the rear up straight away as opposed to waiting for the chirp.

Also, can anyone give me an idea on prices for exhausts and what is recommended ? I believe the V6's are twin's ?

Thanks.

[quozl]

Has anyone tried the Haldex 4motion conversion ? What is it like ? I have heard it is one of the best mods for the v6 4motion in terms of handling as it locks the rear up straight away as opposed to waiting for the chirp.

Also, can anyone give me an idea on prices for exhausts and what is recommended ? I believe the V6's are twin's ?

Thanks.

Yes I have upgraded the Haldex controller on my R. One of the best bang for buck mods out there in my opinion, speak to Guy at Harding Performance for all the details. As for exhaust I run the APR / B&B cat back exhaust and am quite happy with it though it is a bit exxy.

Cheers Al

[nashan]

On the subject, whats a good price for AWD Haldex Controller?

[qsilverza]

You are going to pay upwards of 1600 $. Having said that, I am trying to organise a good price from America. (Maybe a group buy, Who is interested ?)

There are two units. The blue sport unit will transfer torque to all four wheels much more quickly. The orange competition unit will do the same and it will also keep the rear axle fully engaged under braking.

The orange is quite dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. Causes a lot of oversteer.

[SoVeReIgN]

Orange sounds like having a 2way LSD on the rear - Gets the ass out under braking - Used by drifters alot. (2way lsd that is, not haldex mod j: )

[99gti]

The orange one sounds like a barrel of fun. Not sure how practical it would be for street driving though!

[qsilverza]

It would be so cool if you could switch between the two ! I was also thinking maybe we should try doing a group buy through harding performance. See what we can come up with.

[balkanac]

i might be interested in a Blue controller if the price is right. I wanted to get this done since i got the car, it feels too much like a FWD.

[Nick32]

yeh i'd definitely be interested if your able to squeeze a good deal out of them!

Cheers,

Nick

[nashan]

Done and done! Count me in for the blue one.

[qsilverza]

I have mailed Harding Performance. And will be emailing some of the American sites.

If there is not to much of a price variance with the American sellers probably best to go local.

[99gti]

I know harding performance have a 10% discount on at the moment thanks to an average yankee dollar so you may be in luck :)

[qsilverza]

We shall see, I have tried with the Haldex controller before and apparently there isn't much margin in them.

I prefer to go local but lets see what happens !

[nashan]

While on the whole 4WD subject, is there any way to convert a 4motion into a rear wheel drive by simply pulling a plug or a fuse or something similar? :D

[dre211]

yeh blue for me too. audvolks can install a three way controller that can change between stock, 60-40% and almost 100% rear at the flick of a switch in your cabin.:cool:

[qsilverza]

Dre, unless im wrong they are referring to the second generation Haldex controller which isn't compatible with the 4motion Bora's. I do believe it is compatible with the R32's. MIV and V.

[qsilverza]

Doesn't work like that. 95 % or more is transferred to the Front. When you loose traction the Haldex valve actuates and transfers power to the rear. So by pulling the fuse you could remove AWD and be left with FWD.


While on the whole 4WD subject, is there any way to convert a 4motion into a rear wheel drive by simply pulling a plug or a fuse or something similar? :D

[Bora Sport]

I am interested depending upon final cost.

[dre211]

Dre, unless im wrong they are referring to the second generation Haldex controller which isn't compatible with the 4motion Bora's. I do believe it is compatible with the R32's. MIV and V.

yeh now that you mention it they did say that its the second generation controller but they also said that it should be compatible with newer boras, post 2002 or 2003 something like that. Are you sure that none of the boras are compatible?

[qsilverza]

Not sure, that's just what I had been told. So I guess it is possible. But I had asked for Gen 1 and 2 controllers.

So depending on who we go through they should be able to tell you if it will work or not.

[nashan]

http://www.goapr.com.au/products/haldex.html

and yes it does work on the boras. Im looking into getting one soon. Good luck!