Differential Advice, Please

[madkaw]

Don't waste your brain cells - pull out your wallet and pay for quality and a diff that was made in this century.

Plus- ratio options, better handling, BOLT IN

JC already did the science ing for you

Edited January 13, 2014 by madkaw

[robox]

You know, it's interesting...

I went back and read through JohnC's thread, post by post, and for whatever reason no one in that entire thread engaged in the same kind of discouraging dissuasion of innovative thinking which is in evidence in the preceding post.

I suppose that in retrospect its a good thing that no one did, given the fact that by all accounts he has engineered and brought to market what appears to be an excellent product, or if someone did in fact discourage him, that he chose not to listen.

I agree that the Subaru diff is probably a nice upgrade (finding a new way to swap it in is exactly what I am contemplating, after all), and that JohnC's flanges look like a great way to go. Buying a set of those flanges is an option that I might even end up exercising at the end of the day. In the meantime, however, I will continue to mull over whether there is another, more affordable way to do it.

Thanks.

[madkaw]

John has been 'around the block' a few times with these cars. There has been talk of trying other options-but to get a good LSD, without adding weight(comparable to r200), with simplicity of install, it's going to about impossible to come up with a better solution.

If you are saying that I am discouraging an effort to have other options, you are wrong. I love innovation!!

When I was interested in a LSD diff-this option trumped all-but that's for a LSD, I know you are just looking for a better ratio.

[robox]

Thanks for clarifying, Madkaw.

My ideas for approaching the implementation of a Subaru LSD R180 don't seem to be going anywhere, anyway, due to the lack of axle shafts in New Mexico junkyards and on ebay.

Also, the Canadian seller of Nissan 3.9 R180s is out of stock for a few months.

I guess I'm going to start looking for one out of a Nissan pickup in the meantime.

In any case, no matter what happens, my thinking that this swap is something I would do "within days" has been modified to "within weeks or months". Oh well, there's plenty of other work I SHOULD be doing anyway.