Welding Rear Diff

[GingerRobbo]

Been looking at getting a lsd on the Z but dont really want to put forward all the money. So been looking at buying a replacement regular diff and welding it. any body got any experience of doing this and how it drives after??
many thanks.

 

[malibudave]

I would imagine that it would drive amazingly until you reach the first corner!

 

[mmm-five]

I wouldn't do it on a road car unless you like drifting on every corner/roundabout.

 

[gannet]

always something new on here

 

[2dogs]

that would be a nsd :?

 

[Whitehouse]

like its already been said, thats what you do if you want to drift everywhere.....oh and if you wanted to wear your tyres out really fast!

 

[oli445]

Drove an escort cosworh rally car a few years back that had a locked diff and as said, great if you like drifting! No good on a road car though!

 

[Ewazix]

Apart from not being able to park or turn at low speeds without dragging the suspension to bits, collecting pedestrians on every corner and being completely uninsurable it's a swell idea :wink:

 

[holeshot]

I think you'll find that's a favourite with the ti's ( e36 and e46 compacts) who weld their diffs and go drifting, on track of course.
Have to agree it's not for the road though.

 

[cj_eds]

Was ready to say it's a bad idea, but you'll probably be getting that idea by now!

 

[cj10jeeper]

Great idea - if you drive a big off road rig and no intention of putting it on tarmac.

I have driven them since my Jeeps hav locking diffs and if I forget to unlock them the tyre squealing makes children cry and me cr*p myself on the first bend

 

[alekos911]

In case you want to experiment I have a spare diff After I installed a quaife one on my zed( only the gears not the case nor the bearings etc)

 

[GingerRobbo]

In case you want to experiment I have a spare diff After I installed a quaife one on my zed( only the gears not the case nor the bearings etc)

hows the quaife one handling after you put that in have u tried drifting it yet??

I have a 200sx drift car with is great fun but do no what you mean about it hopping around corners. I no that i just wandered weather any one had done it to a z4.

 

[Mangozac]

Wow welding a diff now I've heard everything! Surely the cons far outweigh the benefits?

Actually, not having any experience with drift or offroad cars I had no idea that diff locking was actually done!

 

[Hotride]

lol I have driven a V8 ford falcon (aussie muscle car for you brits) - this one was a street legal 10 sec drag car with a supercharger and locked (welded) diff... OMG talk about hard to drive, wheels squeeling and skipping around every corner and due to the inside wheel always slipping, if you give it any stick mid corner it just turns into a donut machine, smoke everywhere.

Great fun to drive once or twice, but would be terrible to live with/ destroy your fun on twisty back roads. keep the 200sx as your drift weapon, much more suited to drifting than a DD z4.

Edit: street legal as in hasn't been pulled over by dept of transport yet. no such thing as annual MOT here - if you keep your registration paid, your car stays road registered till you stop paying.

 

[cj10jeeper]

Wow welding a diff now I've heard everything! Surely the cons far outweigh the benefits?

Actually, not having any experience with drift or offroad cars I had no idea that diff locking was actually done!

All serious 4x4 for off road use have locking diffs. else the power would just spin out of one wheel on each axle. in fact they always have them between front and rear 2 else power would slip out of one axle.

Locking the transfer case normally is done to split front to rear power

They can be various forms of diff lock from those sensing movmement and stopping it (a bit like LSD's, but more aggresive) or my favourite are air lockers that used compressed air at the flick of a switch to lock front and rear diffs in dividually or combined.

Without lockers 4x4's are at best 4x2's