Blew up a 1.8 Torsen today...

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Blew up a 1.8 Torsen today...

Post by Furai » Sun Sep 29, 2013 9:01 pm

Not as strong as I thought.....

3rd gear clutch kick at 80k, wrecked bearing caps. Stock 1.6 engine....... :lol:

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Post by BRM » Sun Sep 29, 2013 9:07 pm

Nice!

Whats next?

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Post by sprsta » Sun Sep 29, 2013 9:10 pm

FC?

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Post by Furai » Sun Sep 29, 2013 9:11 pm

Nah Ill have to buy another, are FC diffs bigger?

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Post by BRM » Sun Sep 29, 2013 9:14 pm

Yup.

Is the the lsd that went or the gears?>

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Post by Furai » Sun Sep 29, 2013 9:53 pm

Gears and caps is what I suspect went, will pull out tomorrow.

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Post by BRM » Sun Sep 29, 2013 9:57 pm

Ah yeah,
Let me know

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Post by Furai » Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:03 pm

Yeah man, have you got spares?

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Post by BRM » Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:07 pm

Yup!

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Post by last_resort14 » Sun Sep 29, 2013 11:02 pm

be good to know exactly what broke.

Mines been going strong so far, had plenty of abuse,haha.

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Post by MrGrey » Sun Sep 29, 2013 11:06 pm

Sad to hear of the hassle Furai, but hopefully BRM will have what you need.
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Post by Furai » Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:39 pm

Didnt blow it up, a little dissapointed...


Snapped a caliper bolt so it had the same effect as wrecking bearing caps, already installed new diff Haha

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Post by SkilletKid » Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:23 pm

Hehe
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Post by siren676 » Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:57 pm

:lol: thats a viscous
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Post by marcellarius » Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:37 pm

Lies!

Diff spotters guide: 4 ears with studs on the stub axles. They stopped using stub axles toward the end of the 1995 model year, so it's a 1994-1995 1.8 diff -- either open or Torsen

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Post by siren676 » Wed Oct 02, 2013 10:16 am

I was just going off that it looked smaller and had the plates on the ends
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