TCS retrofit

[DatUtahGuy]

are you using the same(75W90) in your tranny?

[Wh33lhop]

are you using the same(75W90) in your tranny?

Whatever the previous owner put in.

Actually, knowing the previous owner, whatever the previous previous owner put in.

I'm going to put some redline in there but I'm not sure if I want to go MT90 or MTL and I haven't done much research on the matter.

[Farbin Kaiber]

fixed

Then I am hardcore, even with a fractured elbow.

[atomic]

wheres the enviromental hazardous waste spill citation associated with that LSD upgrade lol

[FredK]

@ night ? for real?

The most involved thing I think I've seen on the internet was an engine swap that was done completely under the cover of darkness (city regulations), in some guy's front yard in NYC. It was an Mercedes AMG V8 swap, and the guy doing the swap was a master tech at a dealer, so they did it probably in the same time as this diff swap. jkjkjk :p

With the torque that those top bolts were applied I needed room to see and to use a cheater bar. Took me like 3 hours to get the top bolts off including trips to the hardware store for a 19mm wrench and cheater bar. Then the driveshaft nuts were a whole different story...

I use a mini 2lb sledge and a cheap 19mm wrench to remove the top bolts. The driveshaft nuts come off a lot easier if you heat them up with a propane torch. The torch probably isn't necessary for a CA car... you just need a hammer and a 16/17mm wrench. :p

Congrats, though. Every time you do something on your car, you learn for the next time how to do things faster. The first time I did a diff swap it took all night. It probably takes an hour and a half for me now, mostly because I work alone and have to toggle the e-brake to torque the output flange bolts myself.

[JGood]

I see where you got your user name.

[Wh33lhop]

I see where you got your user name.

That's nothing. ;)

[JGood]

That's nothing. ;)

haha, 20 feet of wheel hop is nothing!? Any time I get wheel hop I lift, it feels like the world is ending!

[Wh33lhop]

haha, 20 feet of wheel hop is nothing!? Any time I get wheel hop I lift, it feels like the world is ending!

20 feet at 30mph isn't too long, but I meant the severity--it was pretty mild. My old car would have richter scale wheelhop.

Guess I need new TABs and RSMs...

[Wh33lhop]

The most involved thing I think I've seen on the internet was an engine swap that was done completely under the cover of darkness (city regulations), in some guy's front yard in NYC. It was an Mercedes AMG V8 swap, and the guy doing the swap was a master tech at a dealer, so they did it probably in the same time as this diff swap. jkjkjk :p


I use a mini 2lb sledge and a cheap 19mm wrench to remove the top bolts. The driveshaft nuts come off a lot easier if you heat them up with a propane torch. The torch probably isn't necessary for a CA car... you just need a hammer and a 16/17mm wrench. :p

I needed a 24" cheater bar and a 17mm wrench--4lb sledge wasn't enough. The wrench would keep popping off because of the taper on the driveshaft nuts so I couldn't kick it or use a hammer very effectively. I also used a cheater bar and 19mm wrench on the subframe bolts and wound up with a zombie finger.

Congrats, though. Every time you do something on your car, you learn for the next time how to do things faster. The first time I did a diff swap it took all night. It probably takes an hour and a half for me now, mostly because I work alone and have to toggle the e-brake to torque the output flange bolts myself.

Yeah well not only do I have the "proper" tools but now the bolts aren't as impossibly tight as they used to be so I could probably do it in under 2 hours now.

[JGood]

Guess I need new TABs and RSMs...

Will that help? Both my track and street car have 250k+ mile TA and subframe bushings, and both get wheel hop like crazy, whether I am feathering the throttle in the track car with r-comps or if I do a full clutch drop in my street car with shitty all seasons.

[Wh33lhop]

Will that help? Both my track and street car have 250k+ mile TA and subframe bushings, and both get wheel hop like crazy, whether I am feathering the throttle in the track car with r-comps or if I do a full clutch drop in my street car with shitty all seasons.

In theory anything you can do to get rid of play in the rear suspension should help. How much it will help I can't really say as I don't have experience in that regard. I just figured replacing the bushings with new or stiffer ones would do the trick or at least help with it.

[JGood]

In theory anything you can do to get rid of play in the rear suspension should help. How much it will help I can't really say as I don't have experience in that regard. I just figured replacing the bushings with new or stiffer ones would do the trick or at least help with it.

Yeah, true. I think I may try it too. I get a clunking as well in both cars if I'm coasting in reverse and hit the brakes. It just looks like such a PITA to do those bushings...

[weedcookie]

Well here is a story for yall....


By an accident was passing by thise shop about an hour away from where i live, seen a sign said: E30 PARTS!

Obviously i had to check it out....got a LSD for 100$ :D and drove off with the biggest smile.


SWAPED IT yesterday, in a garage not outside.....and it was a fukin bitch and a half. Those nuts are so efin hard to take offf i was about to snap. Pretty much it toook 4.5 hours and 6 beers!

But at least i got some decent traction now whoooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!