Getting a Dif

[TheHat]

Getting my Tomei 2 way dif put in on friday, will keep updated as to how it feels since my 07 is still an open dif

[evildky]

would that be viscous, helical, clutch type or what?

[TheHat]

I went for the t-trax cluch 2way lsd

[evildky]

clutch type, then it's rebuildable and tunable, you can add or remove shims and clutches to increase or decrease brakeaway torque, I wonder why nissan stopped using clutch type in favor of the viscous in 90? .....musta been cheaper

[TheHat]

Well finally getting back to this thread after driving my car for a couple weeks with the dif in here is my review. The 2 way dif is amazing when wanting to have some fun swinging the back end out and what not, but isnt such a pain that daily driving takes serious effort. The only problem the dif has is with the initial start up when the car is cold it feels just weird, but you go a quarter mile and the car warms up enough to so that you dont feel the diff trying to do its job. The only real down side to the dif is with the break-in process after it has been installed, which is 30 minutes of driving in a figure 8 at under 15 mph and regular road driving for 60 miles at 40 mph or less. Once you get past this the car feels and acts like a totally different animal, in fact i found that when doing some spirited driving the car out drove me in areas where I used to out drive the car. I give this feeling a few more weeks of getting used to the new characteristics on my part before things are back to the way they used to be. As for quarter times I havent done that yet but I am planing on going this week hopefully run super low 13s or better.

[00selimited]

clutch type, then it's rebuildable and tunable, you can add or remove shims and clutches to increase or decrease brakeaway torque, I wonder why nissan stopped using clutch type in favor of the viscous in 90? .....musta been cheaper

I dont think many typical consumers will find a clutch type lsd practical, all that clunking and chattering wont be what a new Z owner back then would of wanted in a street car. The clutch type LSD has a shorter lifespan as there is more wear and tear then a viscous unit, viscous can also have longer maintenance intervals, the clutch type lsd requires a more frequent oil changes. Viscous is a good street setup, not the best but its better then open diff. When the Z32 was conceived, i think money is no object was the main principle as this was a well made, high cost car. Heck, i think it held up well for a 18 year old car, i wonder how well a 350Z will hold up in 18 years....