has anyone welded their spider gears on their open diff?

[POS_S13]

i was thinkin of gettin em welded, but has anyone done this before? how does the car drive around corners and such?

[Touchdown038]

Well... when you weld together the spider gears, both tires turn at the same speed all the time, so you will have massive understeer and you'll hop around corners.

Not a daily driver thing, not bad for a drag car though.

[Zydeco]

save some money up and get a lsd. You'll be much happer.

[Aries]

I did this for a while...If you intend to drive the car anywhere other than down the 1/4 mile I would not recommend it.Also, when they do break, and they WILL BREAK, it's not pretty.Most of the rear end gets replaced after a trick like that.

In the long run, an LSD will do more for you and cost far less.

[POS_S13]

yah i know a lsd is my number 1 choice but i was just a thought. i've heard its not streetable but i'll just wait and get an lsd. j spec has got tomei 2 ways for $850 which ain't too shabby, i'll prolly end up gettin the tomei

[Dattebayo]

dude, you're silly. There are plenty of nissan cars you can get a lsd off of that will fit your 240. And for way less than 850. My J30 cost me $200.

[C-Kwik]

But the VLSD from Nissan is not nearly as effective as a good mechanical diff(clutch or helical).

[Dattebayo]

Well, for what most of us do a very good (and cheap) alternative.Maybe we here could get a good explanation of the big difference between 1.5 way and 2 way diff's. I should know, but i dont.