rear end....
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rear end....
okay i still have a l.6 rear end on my miata...how long will it take for it to blowup? if i go easy on it will it last? my girlfriend have a 1.8 i was wondering if i can swap it over and give her mine? does anyone have a 1.8 setup sitting around in the garage for cheap?
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WOW....brainneck you ran yours for two years!!! thats amazing!!!! hehehe...i don't know how much power i'm producing...i guess i can trick my girlfriend swaping it with me...hehehe...
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I swapped rear ends between my 97 and my 90. I have been running the 1.6 rear on my 97 for a year and a half. My 90 is turboed with an rx7 clutch type lsd and the 97 w/ 1.6 rear is open differential. So yes it can be swapped. My main hangup was getting the axles out of the hubs. My solution was to swap the entire axle/hub assembly.
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It all depends on how you drive it. If you don't drag, drift, clutch-dump, or do smoky burnouts at every stoplight, it will probably last a long time. The grip of your tires have a lot to do with the stress placed on the dif... so the stickier the worse it is. I've got 10k miles on mine w/no issues wearing 195/55 15's. A good fluid goes a long way, so swap to something with a reputation. Swapping out with a 1.8 car is dumb considering I've seen full open 1.8 swaps go for $300. If you swap them over, you've got to do it twice. Just buy yourself one and see if you can't resell your stock to make up some cash. Somebody will buy it.
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I put 10k miles on my 1.6 rear with the turbo, 2k or so at 250+ whp. But I was very cautious with it. The R&P seems to be in proper order still, but the VLSD doesn't lock up so well anymore. Not that it locked up so great new (20%?). Apparently I was running Royal Purple in it, I found out when I pulled the plug to drain it after the swap. But the fluid looked really good, so I left it.
If I were you, Mr "Miata DriFter" , I would go ahead and swap to a 1.8 diff before yours breaks.
If I were you, Mr "Miata DriFter" , I would go ahead and swap to a 1.8 diff before yours breaks.
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Nice attitude. Your diff will eventually fail. Just hope it doesn't happen while cruising at 85 mph on a 12 lane interstate, suddenly locking your rear axle up (happened to a guy I know with an Aerodyne)