Diff weight
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Shipping one later today or early tomorrow. I'll let you know this afternoon. Just the guts, or the housing and all?
Edit: The last time I weighed one with the housing, it was ~75 lbs. I'll give you something more specific in a bit.
Edit: The last time I weighed one with the housing, it was ~75 lbs. I'll give you something more specific in a bit.
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It was just posted above that the mazda unit weighs 60.8lbs.
I won't be able to weigh the getrag until tomorrow and it will just be the diff. Still waiting on the mounting bracket and axles from v8roadsters. I'll post the diff weight tomorrow and then an update when I can do a full comparison.
I won't be able to weigh the getrag until tomorrow and it will just be the diff. Still waiting on the mounting bracket and axles from v8roadsters. I'll post the diff weight tomorrow and then an update when I can do a full comparison.
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It was just posted above that the mazda unit weighs 60.8lbs.
I won't be able to weigh the getrag until tomorrow and it will just be the diff. Still waiting on the mounting bracket and axles from v8roadsters. I'll post the diff weight tomorrow and then an update when I can do a full comparison.
I won't be able to weigh the getrag until tomorrow and it will just be the diff. Still waiting on the mounting bracket and axles from v8roadsters. I'll post the diff weight tomorrow and then an update when I can do a full comparison.
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Getrag Diff = 67.6lbs with 6 long bolts and the rubber piece
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My shipping scale may not be super accurate, but they're almost the exact same weight.
The entire Getrag swap diff(67.6), level 1 axles(35), drive shaft(11.6), mount(11) weighs ~125lbs.
A complete MSM kit diff(67.8), axles(27.6), drive shaft(11.8) weights around ~107lbs.
So the entire swap add 18lbs.
Mine has been done since last week. I'll be posting up a review fairly soon.
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You don't need it! =P
Haha. Seriously, like you said, it's an isolator that's used with the cadillac setup, but isn't used on our kit. I think it'd been nice for them to have designed the kit to use it, but I believe since there is a yoke on the drive shaft, it's not needed.
Regardless it feels good. The only thing I'm still getting used to is the sound of everything. I think it's the polly diff bushings in the diff.
I beat on it pretty hard today at AutoX in Qualcomm stadium parking lot which is falling apart and all is still good.