so what type of a diff do I have then a 2 pinion one? how can i tell? is there a sticker on the differential that says what it is? i have a canadian model.
so what type of a diff do I have then a 2 pinion one? how can i tell? is there a sticker on the differential that says what it is? i have a canadian model.
They didn't have Viscous LSD's until 04 in the sport G35's. I got a complete rear 6mt coupe differential from car-part.com and swapped it in. 45 min job and it worked great.
You can tell if you have a LSD if you jack up the car and turn a rear tire. A car without a LSD will have wheels that turn im opposite directions. If they turn the same direction you have an LSD.
well is there a disadvantage to having whatever i have in now as opposed to an VLSD??
With an open stock differential, when you are in a low traction situation (snow, rain, etc) the passenger rear tire usually spins and the driver rear tire does nothing. With a stock viscous differential, once the rear passenger tire starts to spin, the liquid in the differential actually starts to stiffen and then locks the 2 rear axles together for more traction. I noticed a huge difference in the snow when I swapped mine out. I had a clutch type KAAZ lsd in my car as well but that was super harsh for daily driving. I sold that and went back to a viscous unit. If I was running a turbo, I would install a carbon or Quaife model due to their quiet operation and excellent traction improvements.
tnx helpfull info i especially wanted to know about snow conditions although mine is a 03.5 6mt i'm curious and will jack up the car and spin the wheels to check and be sure
You don't have to jack up the car. Turn off the VDC and stomp on the gas to see if the right rear wheel spins out and the left doesn't. If so, you have an open rear differential.
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You son't have to jack up the car. Tuen off the VDC and stomp on the gas to see if the right rear wheel spins out and the left doesn't. If so, you have an open rear differential.
What an awesome idea....I wish I had thought of beating up my car to see how things work.
ok here's what happened when i turned off the VDC and made a little burnout about 2 feet in length twice on dry pavement, both wheels left rubber particles starting at the beginning of the burnout to the end, i got stock in the snow today as well and i only noticed my driver side wheel kept spinning & spinning with VDC ON i don't know about the pass , but i didn't see much distorted snow under the pass side tire, what i have then LSD or not?
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Does the 03.5 G35 sedan 6MT have a limited slip differential
