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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:14 am 
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LSD'd are definately a good thing much more predictable if ur having a bit of fun but yer they cost alot more to fix so if ur a burnout man i'd just l;eave the ss in and hope it LS's lol
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:58 am 
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my dads car is a i6 ef II his has 3;45 i think the S1 came out with the 3:23 could be wrong

 

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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:48 am 
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LSD diffs are fun but they let go too easy. I found that mine let go after about 9 months behind the new clevo. I'd say save your money for something that will give you better performance for a longer period

 

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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:16 am 
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data_mine wrote:
You get the XR engine? If so should've gotten the 3.45LSD to go with it.

Only the V8's got 3.23s


sure did get the xr engine
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:09 pm 
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get a spool, lsd's suck :)
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:15 pm 
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y do pplz generaly choose 3.45 as apposed to higher. I know fuel efficiency drops as it goes higher but does this mean that 3.45 is the best performance/fuel-consumption ratio? And I was told buy a guy that with 3.08 to 3.45, you would barely notice any difference.

 

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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:22 pm 
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cos its pretty pissy easy to find a 3.45 lsd :D

 

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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:44 pm 
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And it's easy to correct you're speedo with a 3.45 as speedo gears are available for them from Ford.

 

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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:49 pm 
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so is there a noticeable difference from 3.08 to 3.45. The guy from the dif shop said "you don't wan't 3.45, what you want are 3.9's" but I personally think 3.9's are a bit of overkill for street driving.

 

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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:18 pm 
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if you're going to put in 3.9's ... why don't you just throw in 4.11's , if you have a 5 speed try get one that has 5th gear atleast 2000/2500 rpm at 100/110, and not 3500/4000 lol :)

but if you have auto and want 4.11's, it's overkill for your engine ... apparently none makes different ratio gear box's for auto's....
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:20 pm 
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if you have a family get a LSD cause you won't get use out of a spool !

but if you don't care... spool is a must (with billet axels for extra assurance) :D
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:35 pm 
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Personally i wouldnt go the spool! i drove ma first spoold car da other day n it was s**t on the street did sik burnouts though(not on the street ofcourse)!!
id go for a really tight strong LSD anyday!

 

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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:12 pm 
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my mini spool arrived today... and damn it's heavier than I thought... and bigger... now all i'm yet to do is pass a RW to get my car under my name(still under bro's :P) and i'll slap in the spool & billet axels $600 built... should be worth it though

i've been in spooled cars, but never actually seen what they weigh... was suprised!
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 3:01 pm 
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so should i take it that it worth putting an LSD and that there arent any probs to worry about ?????
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 7:40 pm 
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just get a lsd diff and slap it in... or if you don't want lsd, your can get a detroit locker - about $1400 , it unlocks when you take the gas off going around a corner, and is stronger
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