I would rather sell the complete unit and keep my hands clean....know what I mean.
$1500.00 is a steal for a complete diff considering their arent a whole bunch floating around.

 

I was standing10ft from this car when it "went". No big noise, no high rev launch. Kinda wierd when it let go (he drove 1 foot then nothing). When mine blew on the dragstrip, it popped SUPER loud, and lifted the wheels off the ground almost, then the "black soot/smoke" poured out the vent and fenderwells. Complete opposite here. This guy (broeli) is a road racer, not drag racer as far as I know. Not sure of the history of the TC before he got it though.

 

Sorry, are we talking the rear diff or the t case diff?

 

Front diff. T Case diff.

Scorke

 

I was talking about the reaf diff...
05's and up have the ACD...03 and 04 have the spyder gears also known as planitary gears..

 

i did a similiar thing to mine

 

Yep. No big noise at all. It went on a pretty soft launch. My open diff lasted FAR longer. I very rarely drag race with the Evo. As a matter of fact I have not made even one pass at the strip with the RS diff. I launched on it maybe 6 times....all during an autox start with no VHT to help grip. This is definitely an unusual failure.
My open diff went out on me at the strip when I was going to make a few passes at the Cincy DSM Shootout. I very rarely make drag strip passes. Usually only if it is part of an event. My Evo isn't even driven much on the street. It is primarily used for road course racing and autox'ing.

 

i have my stock open diff for sale cheap if you want it, took it out at 10k which was all highway, zero launches on it.

 

Well it happened again. Blew my second RS lsd at an autox yesterday Needless to say I'm going with a Quaife

 

damn dude you got no luck!

 

I dont know but it seems that there has to been something else going on...

If not then you definitely got some sh!tty luck. How much did you spend so far on the 2 diffs and a new shell ?

 

Eli.....get an extra set of shims from Mitsu....you have to set the gear lash correctly. When I installed mine I noticed the LSD was a bit looser than the stock open diff. A few thousands of movement can mean a lot.

I am curious if you are a little too low on your suspension causing the stub axles to bind slightly inside the diff when you launch. Just a hunch.

If you need an open diff to keep the car on the road...I have one sitting in a box in my attic.

 

Wow i just read this from the beginning and saw the date back in 2007. And then i got to you recent post...I am sorry to hear about this. Good luck with the Qualife diff and I hope you get her back up and running soon!

 

Something else has to be causing this type of failure.
This is just way to uncommon.

 

Subscribed. I'm curious as to the post in reference to having a lower suspension. If I'm currently running 25mm spacers on the front could this be doing more harm than good? I now have the Quaife LSD on my to-buy list once I return from Iraq.