E Diff swaps.

[Rigmaster]

Shit - the SETA is going into the vert and I just realized - I have a 3.73 LSD in there.

Did the SETA come with 3.73's or 2.93's? How bad is this gonna be? I do a lot of highway driving...

SETA's came with 2.93's.

Aren't you swapping all of the "i" stuff onto that engine to essentially make it a 2.7l "i" motor?? If so, you'll be fine- if not, you'll be OK driving it as-is, but it'll probably make you want to swap to the "i" parts sooner rather than later.


This chart: http://www.vinesauto.com/diffratio.htm has some good info in it- though not 100% accurate..........

Bret.

[Bimmerfanatik]

SETA's came with 2.93's.

Aren't you swapping all of the "i" stuff onto that engine to essentially make it a 2.7l "i" motor?? If so, you'll be fine- if not, you'll be OK driving it as-is, but it'll probably make you want to swap to the "i" parts sooner rather than later.


This chart: http://www.vinesauto.com/diffratio.htm has some good info in it- though not 100% accurate..........

Bret.

Not right away - for now it's going to be a stock SETA motor. I'm having the old i head built while I drive and will swap it on there, making a 2.7i. I guess I'll have to deal with the 3.73!

[Garageaholic]

Forget 1st gear...

[timothy100]

I have a 3.73LSD in my eta that I got for a good deal too. The only thing is my eta is an auto (soon to be 5 speed). It makes driving an auto eta a lot more fun. Big acceleration increase. Highway cruising does suck and your gas mileage will go down a noticable amount. If you dont do too much highway driving and want to rip through gears around town I would say do it, otherwise go for something less extreme (3.25 seems to be the general consensus). But seeing that you are getting this for free, I would definitely go for it.