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| Topic Started: Feb 3 2010, 04:56 AM (757 Views) | |
| RB_240_420 | Feb 12 2010, 12:49 PM Post #16 |
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parking lots and residential turns will now be accompanied by lots of tire sqealing, that's lovely there is also that small chance that if the diff isn't welded right or the weld would break, either way te diff can be toasted If I were building the car for seriously drifting then I would just get a new open diff. Like I said also if your doing an engine swap you may want a different differential anyway to adjust your final drive ratio. I think welding the diff makes the car feel like total crap for DD, however if you don't mind girls constantly asking you what's wrong with your car when you turn and take off then welded diff could be for you. |
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| brunswick240 | Feb 12 2010, 01:23 PM Post #17 |
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Sam has first hand experience of why a welded diff is extremely shitty. That first hand experience didnt even come from sams own car, it came from stories a some shotgun trips. I had a s14 se with a welded diff and no power steering. It sucked, I ate my tires (with a good alignment) in no time at all. it was sweet in the summer when i wanted to slide around every turn, but when I would pick up a friend, pick up a girl, or just drive around, or how about this one...when I would go to ROLL down my driveway backwards the car would stop itself because the EFFING diff was welded. The problem was both tires were constantly locked, which in turn would cause the inside tire to my turn to jump, chirp, squeal, hop, pop, dance, w/e you can come up with that inside tire did. Welding a diff is an extremely lazy and cheap way to go for a DD. If you're building a car for drifting and you need to save some money for other stuff then by all means do it. But if you drive your car more than one day a week...DO NOT WELD YOUR DIFF. Listen guys you can go to any local junkyard and go get a j30 or q45 diff. Both of them are going to have lower gearing because of what motor they were running from but this could be very beneficial. Think about it this way, with an sr20, or a ka-t, or any other turbo swap; at lets say 15psi on a stock open diff you WILL, and i can promise this because I know first hand, you will spin your stock tires, with any turbo setup. Now this hurts the cars acceleration because no longer is that power being transferred to the ground. But with a differential with lower gearing you will have a long first, second and in sams case, third gear to spin your tires then regain traction to smack that mustang fag in the face with a nice big ol hand full of boost 
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| brandonwish | Feb 12 2010, 01:31 PM Post #18 |
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when DD it's a bad idea I agree with that.. but a welded diff isn't "never a good idea" |
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| Deleted User | Feb 12 2010, 06:25 PM Post #19 |
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i DD a welded, i have been for months now. i dont pay for tires because i get used ones for free, i dont align my car because drifting will just pull the alignment back out, and i dont balance my wheels because i change my tires at least twice a month. i regularly drift my car and having had a hicas VLSD and now a welded i will put my money on a welded any day. my vlsd broke mid drift putting my car through a ditch, i swapped to a welded the next day and havent had any problems since. as far as parking lots go, you get used to it. and the girls that ride with me never ask about why my car hops when i turn. the only major problem i have ever had with my welded is driving in snow, i get zero traction. if a diff is welded properly then it should never break, period. there are 2 different ways to weld a diff, one of which is stronger than the other. irregardless though, if you get your diff welded and it breaks, whoever welded it didnt know what they were doing. if you dont drift at all then go for a vlsd, but if you drift, even occasionally i would advise you go with a welded. mainly because its cheap, and because a welded is predictable. it will always be locked 100% of the time, no matter what. i know a semi-pro drifter that runs a welded and his car is streetable too. so i will respectfully disagree with your statement that a welded is never a good idea. diff setups are based highly on what you want to do with the car, a welded is for a drift car. if you dont drift, then dont go welded. and if you do drift then you shouldnt be worried about tires, an alignment or wheel balance. |
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