evosol

I'm just curious if any Miata guys are running the OBX LSDs?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/OBX-L...spagenameZWDVW
I'm just wondering b/c Honda guys are having really good luck with them, including myself.

Honda guys are running them in their 400-500whp cars no prob.

Loki047

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theres no info about the differential at all....

akaryrye

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I have been in the miata community for a while and have never heard of anybody using one of those. Would it even fit?

evosol

ITs obx, so yeah its not gonna come with instructions. Its a walk in the park for FWD tranny's but i wouldn't have the slightest clue how to set up the correct pinion angle on a RWD. Its an identical knock off of the quife design.


hmmm.. interesting. I see that they make them for honda, nissan, toyota and mazda applications, i'm sure they would have to be application specific.

someone try one out!

Loki047

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Not really, the differentials are pretty common its the housing and gears that change from application to application.

m2cupcar

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I don't think there's a big demand for aftermarket lsds in turbo miatas. Most 1.6s upgrade to a 1.8 driveline and then wind up with an OE torsen or rx7 clutch lsd. Good street price on the torsens is $400 and I just picked up an rx7 clutch lsd in new condition for $100. My guess is most would rather by the used OE torsen over the obx (as an unknown entity). - rob

LunaticDriver

where the hell did you find a rx7 clutch lsd for 100 bucks?

getsidewaysd1

Ya, where do you find a rx7 clutch lsd for $100 you basterd! I guess I shouldn't complain though. I went to a junk yard to upgrade my weak little 1.6 diff to a 1.8 and the dumb asses gave me a tosen by mistake. And they only charged me $450 for it with the axles and driveshaft.

y8s

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look around... i bought one nearly that cheap and sold it again without ever using it for almost that cheap. I ended up getting a KAAZ instead.

PS I LOVE MY KAAZ DIFFY

m2cupcar

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eBay- actually there were two of them in same auction. The secret is to look for the large axle from the first gen. A lot don't look there and they slip on by. I just got lucky on the condition. Actually emailed the guy to ask if it had been rebuilt. Said no- just gently driven for 70k then totaled. All plates checked out to spec. I found a 1.8 open diff in the trash behind a shop which had a broken arm on it. And when I bought my first open 1.8 driveline (upgrade) they sent me a 2nd gen rx7 open diff. So I've got a lot rears. Somebody picked up a torsen chunk here for $400- that's decent deal.

evosol

What kind of power and abuse can those 1.8 rear ends take?

m2cupcar

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More than the transmission, which breaks first.

This guy is doing 400-500 on the stock driveline. Though it's not "if" it's "when" is the trans going to break. I think he's saving grace is street tires at the strip. There have been others with big power upgrading to the 6spd with the stock rear and surviving.

evosol

Wow, I think thats right up my alley! although 300whp is more what i'm looking to build for.

Thanks for the info on the tranny.