weld diff question? (sorry seach but not the right answer)

[sloweighty]

I am going to buy a s14 that has a weld diff and i live 4 hours away and i need to know if anyone has ever driven with a weld diff on the highway for 4 hours or more and whats the chances of it breaking with the stock ka24de......i ask because i always owned vlsd not weld diff cause i am not a big fan of weld diff....please any info would be great

[NismoZRS]

man up.. youll be fine

especially if you on the highway, you wont feel anything

[sloweighty]

man up it doesnt do anything

so it will be ok for the 4 hour drive and how slow do you thing i would be driving on the highway if it is raining

[NismoZRS]

not dramatically.. unless your pushing it hard, it wont break traction.. just do welded diff, its perfectly safe and its not that big of a deal..

welded diffs arnt bad and idk why people hate them soo much (except i think it could be loosening up because of vibrations)

[NismoZRS]

and even if its raining it wont affect you going straight on a highway

[motoman399]

you wont notice a thing. just go with the flow of traffic.

man up.. youll be fine

especially if you on the highway, you wont feel anything

DO IT!

[sloweighty]

not dramatically.. unless your pushing it hard, it wont break traction.. just do welded diff, its perfectly safe and its not that big of a deal..

welded diffs arnt bad and idk why people hate them soo much (except i think it could be loosening up because of vibrations)

no...no...no...i am not going to push the car and i am not doing the weld diff i just wanted to know if the diff will break if i drive it for more than 4 hours and will i be safe to drive it in the rain on the highway

[mattblancarte]

Just make sure you're cautious the first few times you corner hard.

[bersh240]

people daily welded diffs... and drive them hours and hours to drift events...if your really that scared of two wheels turning at once just swap it out with an open before the drive.and send me the welded

[sloweighty]

Just make sure you're cautious the first few times you corner hard.

dont worry i wont be corning hard, i just want to make sure i get home safe and then i will just put in my vlsd and has anyone ever heard of a weld diff blow up or break with a stock ka24de

[troskinatior]

Man you know nothing for having that may posts.I will only break if the weld are s***y as hell. And there pretty reliable to. I think teddy had his welded since he bought his can and never changed the diff fluid.

[motoman399]

yep if the welds are crappy it can easily happen. usually you can limp it home though

[krash]

just do welded diff, its perfectly safe and its not that big of a deal..

welded diffs arnt bad and idk why people hate them soo much (except i think it could be loosening up because of vibrations)

I dunno about "perfectly safe" but if you don't drive it like an idiot you should be fine

[sloweighty]

Man you know nothing for having that may posts.I will only break if the weld are s***y as hell. And there pretty reliable to. I think teddy had his welded since he bought his can and never changed the diff fluid.

its just that when you buy something that has been modify you dont know if it was done right or wrong and when it comes to weld diffs anything can happend and a newbe could of weld it and say its ok when its going to break anytime so its not that i dont know anything about it, its just that i want to get some expert advise before i drive it home......this is just a little insurance for me

[mRodiek]

Man you know nothing for having that may posts.

Post count does not have any connection with intelligence. Whatsoever.

[TheRealNap0le0n]

you're not a big fan of welded diff's but you've never had one and know nothing about them.... hmmm interesting.

Well if you drive longer than 3 hours 37 minutes in one shot it will break and lock up. My suggestion is to speed home and try to get there b4 3:37....

Also welded diffs are strongest when drifting so make sure you take as many turns as possible sideways

[sloweighty]

you're not a big fan of welded diff's but you've never had one and know nothing about them.... hmmm interesting.

Well if you drive longer than 3 hours 37 minutes in one shot it will break and lock up. My suggestion is to speed home and try to get there b4 3:37....

Also welded diffs are strongest when drifting so make sure you take as many turns as possible sideways

i never had one but i have drove alot of different 240sx that has weld diff to know how it feels what it does and how it works...weld diff are not for me i guess....just not my cup of tea.....everyone has there own taste.......yea drifting with a weld diff is great but i mostly daily and sometime drift on the weekends if i have the tires to burn but i love to touge especially when i live 15 minutes away from my favorite touge spot which has no cars because the road is not complete yet.....so i hope you understand why i dont like weld diffs

[krash]

yeaa its definitely not practical at all for a daily car that barely sees drifting. The only reason I'd expect to see it on a daily is if that is your only car and you drift alot. Even then, you should have another diff just incase....

Just be careful haha

[motoman399]

yeaa its definitely not practical at all for a daily car

dont want to turn this into one of THOSE THREADS.... BUT have you ever even ran one? people who have never actually ran them think that they are horrible. MOST people that have ran them daily dont mind them at all (like me). just throwing that out there for the op

[Tyler]

like everyone has said, youll be fine.

i own a 400whp ka-t and i run a welded. my first diff was welded really s***ty and i actually fractured it at a track event, it was clunking and making some noise, but i finished the day on a compromised diff. so even if it starts to fail, youll get home.

whats hard on a welded, is low-speed turning. you will be doing none of that on the highway.