quick qestion my buddy who is gay for 240's says i should weld my rear if i plan on sliding it. my qestion is do the stock rears in turboII's hold up and if so how are the lsd's

 

The FC TurboII rear end is one of the strongest in the Rotary world, some FD owners install them in there cars. The TII LSD is the Clutch Disc type

 

And don't weld your diff if you intend to do any street driving at all. I don't care what anyone says, a welded diff is dangerous and stupid to run on the street.

 

Agreed. I fully decided against it. Too many things could go wrong and endanger not only your car but you, people in the car and other people that may be near by when the proverbial **** hits the fan.

A kaaz is far cheaper than the damage that can be done with a welded diff. I've also been told it's my best bet for drifting by several members on this forum and i've searched and searched. ALOT of people recommend it highly.

Alot of people suggest it but it's not worth having full lock just to drift a bit better. Just stay with the open diff until you have money for an lsd.

There should be a sticky on this forum for differentials. Besides my thread, there have been atleast 5 or six others on diffs in the last 2 weeks.

 

Speaking as someone who has ran an open diff on the street (s13 coupe) I can tell you it isn't reccomended but it's miles ahead of an open diff. Mind you I got mine for free so it was an easy choice. The tire wear was really bad but I can get alot of rear tires for the price of a KAAZ. I found that the driving characteristics of the welded diff were without compromise but also very predictable. If you move the weight, the back is gonna come out. This was in Vegas mind you so rain was never an issue.I ran a S4 GXL LSD in my base FC and it was more than good enough for learning to drift.

 

yo,
hit up the drifting section under race tech!Its still a new section.. I wrote a article on doing a welded diff..
but watchout alot of haters Ive been dailying my welded for a few months now, and I had friends who had welded for years and still running today. it just depends on how you do it.

 

Care to elaborate on this?

Not the write up on welding your diff but daily driving with both wheels stuck spinning at the same speed no matter what.


This is like the same argument of keeping power steering vs deleting it and plugging the p/s rack. Some people like it, others get tired of muscling their car around day in and day out, sometimes doing the most simple of things.....like a one handed u-turn.

 

durring normal day to day driving it's nearly impossible to tell any difference over 15mph. Parking lots and paralell parking are alot harder, but like you said, it's whatever your willing to live with.