Welded Diff.......how streetable?

[HailtotheSilvia]

i've been drifting for a couple months with open diff and i'm now tired of it......my friend was telling me that welded diff would do the job just fine but they aren't too streetable, is this true???

Anyone have input on how to do this? pictures would be great.....

[Ubernoober]

Welded diff is NOT streetable and I would not reccommend that ghetto mod to anybody.

[Aries]

been there, done that. Don't try to drift on it. It's a broken rearend waiting to happen, and drifting on it could break an axle causing you to roll the car.

[themadscientist]

that's like taking a gun into a club you are not welcome at, sooner or later it's going to go off and people are going to get hurt.

[DriftinNC]

my friend has had his welded for about 10 months now, most people say they break within 5 months... but he's a crazy driver and has tried to break it going from gravel to pavement, but no luck....

but yeah it aint good for a daily driver and it wears your tires down quick

[HailtotheSilvia]

i guess the cheapest/safest way of going about this is VLSD.......

[br2819]

i still say a phantom grip. costs about 300 bucks to add to your open diff.

[toptechracing]

A welded diff is not streetable and is unsafe in the rain. As far as a failure waiting ot happen this is not true. If properly welded (not back a hack with a stickwelder) a welded diff will work for hundreds of racing hours with out failure and they tend to run a bit cooler than an LSD because there is nothing slipping inside them. I would say a welded diff is a race only part and should not be considered for street use. Save you coin and get a proper LSD for any type of aggresive competition. A VLSD is ok until it gets hot.

Joe

[whiterps13]

A VLSD is ok until it gets hot.

actually thats how a vlsd works. the liquid inside gets hot, expands, and forces the "plates" together. do you mean they work well until they overheat?

[toptechracing]

Yeah OK.

[nissandrift]

my freind also has had his diff welded for over a year now, and no problems yet. His only complaint is that tires only last like 2500 miles driving easy.

[574-240sx]

Make sure its done right. Tires will go very quickly. Its fine in the rain. You will get funny looks trying to park and pulling into the gas station. My friend has welded a few diffs before. The current one on his 240 had been welded up for a little more than a year and a half now and it has about 20K on it. Its also a daily driven KA-T. He has yet to break a axel, but I'm not saying it won't ever happen.

[Spec-R]

Make sure its done right. Tires will go very quickly. Its fine in the rain. You will get funny looks trying to park and pulling into the gas station. My friend has welded a few diffs before. The current one on his 240 had been welded up for a little more than a year and a half now and it has about 20K on it. Its also a daily driven KA-T. He has yet to break a axel, but I'm not saying it won't ever happen.

LOL, i know exactly what your saying. i always get those strange looks, at parking lots or gas stations. some people come up and say that my wheel is locked up. hehe. its fine in the rain. obviously you cant go 100% but its soooooo easy to slide in the rain. especially if the surface is slippery. ive had mine since summer and have no problems. need new tires though. so if you dont have the cash get a welded diff. mine cost me $209 shipped from cali. i got the whole pumpkin. from a guy in NCDA. hes done a bunch of them, so i know mine is gonna hold no matter what. bu this is just my $.02

[GEO]

the hell with going in reverse.