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davor 04-03-2007 05:20 PM

Lsd
 
should I buy this or not for 2001 1.6 miata? help...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/OBX-L...spagenameZWDVW

Splitime 04-03-2007 05:27 PM

Assuming your car is non-Torsen? I'd personally just get a torsen and swap it in...

davor 04-03-2007 05:47 PM

yes, open dif...

Braineack 04-03-2007 06:50 PM

read my faq on a RX7 lsd swap.

Splitime 04-03-2007 07:55 PM

Or the rx7... duh. Personally... I'd go the rx7 LSD route... I completely forgot about it.

Braineack 04-03-2007 08:40 PM

yeah, since you already have an open, you can buy a rx7 lsd for $150-225, rebuild it for about $150-200 (or not). Another $100 for setting backlash (if you can't do it yourself), and you're still about half the cost of just a torsen meatball.

I just wouldn't want an OBX unit in my rear, if anything look for Kaaz or Cusco....but beware of the price tag.

davor 04-04-2007 11:54 AM

ok tnx, will rx7 diff fit in 1.6 rear end or I need 1.8?

Splitime 04-04-2007 11:58 AM

You'll need to do a 1.8 rearend swap. So either find a 1.8 torsen rearend... or a 1.8 open rearend and drop an Rx7 diff in there.

miatamania 04-04-2007 12:04 PM

is that true for the 2001 1.6?

Mazda discontinued the 1.6 in the US in 93...apparently it lived on elsewhere for a while.

davor 04-04-2007 01:39 PM

yes, you got only the good stuf...

olderguy 04-04-2007 01:56 PM

Is it possible that Mazda beefed up the rear in the later non-US cars and just put a 1.6 in for those markets?

Braineack 04-04-2007 02:15 PM

i assumed by the link to a 94-05 LSD, that the rear was still the 7".

Davor....any chance you can snap a pic of your dif? then we can tell you exactly what will fit.

My bets are on a 7" rear with a 1.6L engine.

miatamania 04-04-2007 08:39 PM


Originally Posted by Braineack (Post 98862)
i assumed by the link to a 94-05 LSD, that the rear was still the 7".

Davor....any chance you can snap a pic of your dif? then we can tell you exactly what will fit.

My bets are on a 7" rear with a 1.6L engine.

thats what I'm thinking...but I have been known to be wrong.

davor 04-05-2007 11:39 AM

this 2 are only one I could find, my car is at friends garage being megasqwerted... I tell him to send me some pictures
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/4...20618593zw.jpg
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/4...20619009ng.jpg


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