Fed up with my VLSD

[astraboy]

It let me down on saturday. Again.:down:
I've had enough, anyone know the cheapest way to get a mechanical LSD on my car which will guarantee a lock up each and every time? Also, does anyone know what sort of price I can expect to pay?
Cheers in advance,
astraboy.

[Genjuro]

I don't know much abou this apart from what i have read other people say. I think basically a Nismo or Cusco one would be good, but from what i gather they can be extreme for road use especially the 2 way ones. They seem to be around the £650 range, although thats off the top of my head.

The only other option i know of is the research NewClearBomb is doing into uprating the standard one, although i haven't seen any news here for a while.

[R33-Drifter]

why what happened ?

[astraboy]

I'd tell you, but you're not allowed to post about street drifting. :ghey:
astraboy.

[James]

Originally posted by Genjuro
The only other option i know of is the research NewClearBomb is doing into uprating the standard one, although i haven't seen any news here for a while.

just a quick update. I now have a prototype unit and the guy uprated it from 30mn breakaway torque to 185nm, over 600% stiffer :eek:
I just need to get it fitted and tested, then we know if it's a goer.
At the moment estimated price is around the £400 mark.
If not before, I'll have it sorted for the March practice day

[Genjuro]

That sounds good, it will be great to hear back about how it is during the practice session. Just out of interest, as i have no idea, how difficult is it to remove and replace the LSD?

[James]

taking the diff off the car is a pain but you can do it yourself. Ideally you really need a set of ramps and a good set of tools because some of those bolts can be an absolute bugger (just ask Phatty ;))
As far as swapping the new viscous coupling into the diff, I'm not 100% sure how hard it is but it's not exactly rocket science is it? I think as long as you follow the workshop manual and use the right tools it shouldn't be too tricky. (I might be trying this myself shortly and if I do I'll let you all know how hard it is)
Having said that, if you can find a good gearbox place they should be able to whip the diff off, replace the coupling and put it back on in a day and charge you under £200 for doing so.
Your call.....
Also worthy of mention is that you have to run-in a mechanical LSD after install whereas you won't have to with these.

[david_connoll]

keep us posted about how u on , i d very interested in it if it does the job, more used to "normal old school diff"

[James]

update on the uprated viscous LSD project here (http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=80015) :cool: