What does it take to install a torsen?
 

I have a 1996 miata with a slushbox. If I wanted to put a torsen in, what would it take? Can I just pull the diff and put in the torsen or do I have to bother with axles and crap too?

Just drop the diff, change pumpkins, and reinstall.

Thanks for the info. I was thinking it would be pretty simple, but you never know. These miata's are more complicated than they seem.

But whats with the kia motors anyways?

More complicated then they seen? What are you talking about. I think the miata is one of the easiest cars I have ever worked on.

+1

The easiest car I've worked on was the GF's old Neon. When the water pump failed unexpectedly while driving on the interstate, causing the engine to loose time, I opened the head and repaired ("straightened") the valves with a prybar and hammer. The parts store even allowed an exhange of the failed waterpump for another (the pump was a few months old at the time). $0 out of pocket :bigtu:

Car drove "OK" afterwards, not quite as peppy, and burned a qt of oil every 1500 miles, which was about 2x its previous rate of consumption. But it ran and got through emissions just fine. :gay:

i like blueberry slushees

my vw is a fuckton easier to work on...I know this because I work on it constantly.

it's a fetish, isn't it..

mazda sold the castings to kia. it happens a lot in the auto biz. it's a mazda motor.

with expert korean casting technology, metallurgy and qualiity control ;)

:eek5: somebody's catching on!