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Old Feb 24, 2003 | 09:33 PM
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Found my differential is shot

Well, Dave at KDR finally installed the differential I got from RTS3GEN this week - should have it dyno tuned later this week. He said my old differential was shot and this was causing my FD to not pull any decent numbers on the dyno. If you guys remember, Dave said he noticed my car taking twice as long to reach redline in 4th gear on the dyno than normal (for a car with my mods) - they spend 3 hours on the dyno and could only muster 300 rwhp for a best run from 10 psi through 16 psi. He said the car felt like the clutch was slipping but it wasn't. Very strange problem that's he's never encountered. My FD was probably dragged before although when I got my FD, it was stock. Hopefully this new diff. will help my rwhp Will keep everyone posted. Planning on running 16 psi sequentially for the street.
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Old Feb 24, 2003 | 09:37 PM
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i did this three days ago





good thing i fixed it the next day. that wasn't fun
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Old Feb 24, 2003 | 10:47 PM
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That is one fucked up diff!
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Old Feb 24, 2003 | 11:02 PM
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Hey, a little cleaning, some paint, and you'll have a cutaway diff display!
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Old Feb 24, 2003 | 11:08 PM
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That's messed up, man. If the car was dragged before, that could do it. Supposedly its tough to break an FD differential, but if you go with an upgraded unit, you'll be invincible. Good thing you got it fixed right away.
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Old Feb 28, 2003 | 10:43 AM
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that was a $2000 re amemiya diff. currently going to swap in a brand new TII clutch type lsd....... i drag raced the car but apparently i am just lucky ?
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Old Feb 28, 2003 | 01:44 PM
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That's sooo cool. The Redline looks like blood. Fraged that sucker!!

Yah-fuggin'-hoo!!
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Old Feb 28, 2003 | 01:55 PM
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that was actually gforce diff fluid... expensive stuff
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