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Differential strength
Hopefully my last question on differentials.
I can't seem to locate the '94+ parts, but one outfit quoted me $350 for a locking differential out of a '93. I recall reading they weren't particularly effective, but my question is, are they any stronger than the non-lockers for those years? DonB '91 white |
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I'd say: forget about it!
By now, the viscous unit from 90-93 is dead. Try better to look for 99+ differential from 5speed with shafts. 99+ 5 sp, have the same ratio as Your 1.6 Miata - 4.3 :1. Torsen will cost $400- $850, open from $200. Kempi "Don Benton" > wrote in message ... > Hopefully my last question on differentials. > > I can't seem to locate the '94+ parts, but one outfit quoted me $350 > for a locking differential out of a '93. I recall reading they > weren't particularly effective, but my question is, are they any > stronger than the non-lockers for those years? > > DonB > '91 white |
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Thanks much, but first, just finding that Torsen diff w/axels and
shafts is almost impossible, and the one I did find went for over $800 w/shipping. I'm looking at a nearly $1000 repair w/labor. That would be an easy 100% over my budget. Yes, I'd love to have a full-blown race car, but affluence evades me. Let's face it, to do it right I'd need to spend thousands. Hey, if I ever caught up with my missing affluence, hell, I'd have a Lotus Elise and be done with the whole thing, happily chewing up and spitting out almost every Miata on the road! So, I'm left with a broken Miata, having to drive a Geo Tracker in it's place. Unless I can get this whole deal done for $500 or so (including labor), I'm just flat out of the Miata scene. That hurts, and so I applied this logic: I don't really drive aggressively and don't race. The car has lasted for 162K miles with the stock rear, and around 90K of that has been under 5-6lbs of turbo boost. Believe it or not, that includes a trip to the dragstrip (definitely out of the question now--that might have been what put it on its last legs). So, a general question to all--if you had to decide between a strong open diff, or a weaker locker (of any sort), which would you choose? I don't think I've ever spun the tires on this thing outside of that one trip to the strip. BTW, who cares about the ratio when one is pumping an additional 40hp minimum? Betcha my 150+ horsepower Miata with a 4.1 would still outaccelerate a stock 1.6 with a 4.3 rear. Might even blow the doors off a 1.8. I was just about to buy one of those old viscous units when I read this, so further advice, in the face of the above info, would be greatly appreciated. DonB '91 white On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 22:33:41 -0500, "Kempi" > wrote: >I'd say: forget about it! >By now, the viscous unit from 90-93 is dead. >Try better to look for 99+ differential from 5speed with shafts. >99+ 5 sp, have the same ratio as Your 1.6 Miata - 4.3 :1. >Torsen will cost $400- $850, open from $200. > >Kempi > > > >"Don Benton" > wrote in message .. . >> Hopefully my last question on differentials. >> >> I can't seem to locate the '94+ parts, but one outfit quoted me $350 >> for a locking differential out of a '93. I recall reading they >> weren't particularly effective, but my question is, are they any >> stronger than the non-lockers for those years? >> >> DonB >> '91 white > |
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Don Benton wrote:
>> >> >> >>"Don Benton" > wrote in message . .. >> >>>Hopefully my last question on differentials. >>> >>>I can't seem to locate the '94+ parts, but one outfit quoted me $350 >>>for a locking differential out of a '93. I recall reading they >>>weren't particularly effective, but my question is, are they any >>>stronger than the non-lockers for those years? >>> >>>DonB >>>'91 white >> > Don, what part of the country (or world) are you in? I may be able to help you out with both the replacement rear end (I have a rebuilt viscous unit from a 1990 5 speed model with approximately 30K miles) and the labor if you are anywhere near central Texas. If you were nearby, we could avoid shipping charges and I would charge a low enough rate on both the part and labor to keep the cost well under $500.00. If it has to be shipped and you have to pay standard mechanic labor rates, it would probably exceed that figure by a decent amount. Pat |
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I saw this on Ebay. It may be what you need if it is the right year.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=79 87465424 Brian..... Don Benton wrote: > Hopefully my last question on differentials. > > I can't seem to locate the '94+ parts, but one outfit quoted me $350 > for a locking differential out of a '93. I recall reading they > weren't particularly effective, but my question is, are they any > stronger than the non-lockers for those years? > > DonB > '91 white |
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