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Blackline helical LSD - any good?
- Joycey
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Blackline helical LSD - any good?
You'll laugh but I've not even fitted it!, planning to drop the diff out in the next few weeks. Been busy in the shed of late.
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Blackline helical LSD - any good?
Good reason to go with something cheaper..now had two Quaife in two E89s..fabulous bits of kit
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Yep, you can! Birds BMW are who I used for my Quaife and they are the official UK distributor as far as I know.
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Quite bloody pricey though!!
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That sounds interesting ?? Are you going to fit the diff yourself ?
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- Joycey
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Blackline helical LSD - any good?
I did with the last one but going forward we have a local Gearbox/Diff company who rebuild them for us. For £270 you get's new bearings/seals with a new crush sleeve. This way we also get warranty.
- 1536Z4
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Blackline helical LSD - any good?
That seems a good price and as you say comes with a warranty . Have we got the welded ring gear on our diff ? From what I have read so far it was from 2008 onwards but mine was registered in 2008 so will have to check . I was thinking about going the Wavetrac route but for less than the price of a Quaife / Wavetrac you can get the Blackline LSD and also get it fitted .
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Blackline helical LSD - any good?
Out of interest does the E89 diffs from the 18i/20i/28i/23i/30i fit E85s?
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- 1536Z4
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I don`t know is my answer but I have found this that shows which diffs were fitted so I`m hoping the welded ring gear is not on the E86 .
https://www.difflab.com.au/pages/bmw-differential-types
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Blackline helical LSD - any good?
Just pondering as I have a lovely quaife diff for a 18i/20i/30i manual , low miles great condition..1536Z4 wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 11:05 amI don`t know is my answer but I have found this that shows which diffs were fitted so I`m hoping the welded ring gear is not on the E86 .
https://www.difflab.com.au/pages/bmw-differential-types
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A very modified Atacama Yellow 35is
A very modified Atacama Yellow 35is
- 1536Z4
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Blackline helical LSD - any good?
I see why you asked now I may be interested if it fits . I will do some internet searching .
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Blackline helical LSD - any good?
Had a look on the internet and Quaife refer you to Birds . When you select E86 or E89 on their site it just shows prices not which Quaife diff will be used so I think the only way would be to contact Birds and ask them but they may not want to tell you .
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Blackline helical LSD - any good?
Realoem only shows what that diff was fitted to as standard and generally as the E89 post dates the E85 it doesn't give any insights..the diff seems to be 'uprated' in the sense that later diffs have cast cooling fins on them.
I do know (the hard way) that the 18i/20i/28/23i/30i diffs do not fit the 35i/35is!
We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…
A very modified Atacama Yellow 35is
A very modified Atacama Yellow 35is