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

 

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

 

yes, open dif...

 

read my faq on a RX7 lsd swap.

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

yes, you got only the good stuf...

 

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?

 

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.

 

this 2 are only one I could find, my car is at friends garage being megasqwerted... I tell him to send me some pictures