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LSD for subaru 5 speeds
seagull - September 28th, 2010 at 07:21 PM

Thought this is worth the post as just orded one

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/OBX-JDM-Helical-Front-LSD-02-06-Subaru-Impreza...


pete wood - September 28th, 2010 at 07:52 PM

how cheap is that! :crazy:


ttriebler - September 29th, 2010 at 07:47 PM

Gotta love the exchange rate at the moment. Seagull I'm interested in how well it performs as I've read a lot of mixed reports on various forums (including subie and honda) that the quality is not the greatest. I also read that if you replace some of the bolts in them to decent non-chinese ones then the product lasts quite ok.

Meh who knows...it's only forum talk.

I scoured rexnet for a year to get 2 secondhand genuine subie lsd's for around that price. Going to test them both out, one is a torsen and one is a clutch type.

If these obx ones are ok for $400 i'll fit em as standard equipment.


Flintstones - September 29th, 2010 at 09:21 PM

If only you could get VW LSD's for that price!!!


seagull - September 30th, 2010 at 11:00 PM

Yes I got the same Todd

I fitted a china lsd the other day the PCD was out by 0.5mm , that was a pain but after 3 hours hammering the crap out of it my thoughts were . It held up just fine !

I let you know how this one goes , however its going in a subaru


ttriebler - October 1st, 2010 at 09:55 AM

no dramas, it either works or doesn't. No difference if it goes in a subie or vw. hmmm pcd out by 0.5mm....not nice.
I think they key to most of the China stuff is AUS quality control before it goes out the door.


seagull - October 14th, 2010 at 12:45 AM

diff center arrived yesterday , UPS , fitted and super happy.

Skid time now

for a poverty set up I have placed this in a duel range subaru gear box for testing running a 4.44 crown wheel and pinon


seagull - November 28th, 2010 at 02:28 AM

well it has 2000ks on it now and have had no issues at all
would buy another when the need arrises


ttriebler - November 28th, 2010 at 07:05 AM

Thanks for the update seagull, I have a customer keen on LSD centre and we will fit one of these now.


seagull - November 28th, 2010 at 06:16 PM

me thinks you will be busting some main shafts :) hahahahah


ttriebler - November 28th, 2010 at 10:46 PM

Methinks we need to turn the boost up even more and blow it all to smithereens


seagull - November 29th, 2010 at 01:31 AM

I know you will


seagull - November 29th, 2010 at 08:22 PM

It worked out $480.00 to my door in Perth


ttriebler - January 22nd, 2011 at 04:19 PM

OK one of my customers waned this affordable obx lsd in his race car. He got it $450 delivered to his door in North QLD and sent it down to be fitted to is '99 reversed subie box with 3.9 ratio.

We are putting the box together this week so will soon know how it goes once the car is finished.

For the interests of aussieveedubbers out there I thought I would post up some pix of what the thing looks like inside.

Its basically a Chinese copy of a quaife (and I would have thought not a problem to make some to suit vw boxes either).

Anyway, all looked good inside, there was no big bits of dirt or metal filings in there and most of the edges were nicely finished. Overall I would say looks good for the money.

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd163/ttriebler/OBX%20LSD/OBX1.jpg

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd163/ttriebler/OBX%20LSD/OBX2.jpg

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd163/ttriebler/OBX%20LSD/OBX4.jpg

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd163/ttriebler/OBX%20LSD/OBX6.jpg

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd163/ttriebler/OBX%20LSD/OBX5.jpg


seagull - January 23rd, 2011 at 01:04 PM

I have been thrashing the living shit out of mine with 7500rpm take offs and she is working well.


ttriebler - January 23rd, 2011 at 01:42 PM

Busted any mainshafts? :lol: bahahahahaha


mactaylor - January 23rd, 2011 at 02:53 PM

hows the understeer!!!! or are you backing it in?


seagull - January 24th, 2011 at 10:01 PM

no busted bits yet, care factor less 10%


seagull - April 30th, 2011 at 01:38 AM

Link


http://rbryant.freeshell.org/obx_washers.htm