A newbie here.Thanks a lot fou all you guys!
This post is so helpful!Glad to find this post!!

 

Just did this today. Took me about 6 hours not counting the time to stop and get supplies. I haven't had much time to mess with the car yet but I did try and do some donuts in a lot real quick and it still seemed to still understeer but it may have been too tight of turn. I need more seat time to come to a real conclusion.

 

it shouldn't improve "entry" for a turn, just exit, so if you just turn the wheel its not gonna be any change, it's for as you exit, and put power down, theoretically with this you should be able to put power down earlier.

i don't think stock rearranged is gonna be a significant difference unless you're doing some kind of motorsport.. and even then, not much compared to obviously something more built

 

Ya that makes sense. The real test will be at the rallycross in a few weeks and then the autocross next month.

 

I did this on an evo at the shop. It basically made it act like the LSD that it is. I noticed when pulling it out of the shop it would clunk a little bit on turns, and at full steering wheel lock it was a little more difficult to drive forward or reverse. I'm sure that's why they stacked the plates the way they did at the factory.

 

I've questioned the need for such a mod at our small lot in Tavares. Some months, we didn't even have a turn that was large enough to make use of it .

 

i thought it'd be better for the tighter stuff?

 

The tighter corners don't allow my car to be in boost, when the rear diff activates

 

ahh.. not even with left foot braking? I guess the more aggressive the better for the really really tight stuff.. i have an ACD reflash too but i think with the 03 guys they used to use the gsc 40:60 or w/e?

 

So to pull the bearing on the ring gear side, the manual suggest using a puller. I have a press and a bearing clamp---the kind with a tappered hole to get under the bearing, but wondering if once its in place under the bearing if it will clear the ring gear enough to support the clamp so I can press it off in a press. Basically for those who removed the bearing with a press, how did you get a hold of the bearing to use the press? Thx in advance.

 

After driving with it for a few more days I have noticed quit a difference with corner exit, the car feels a lot more neutral with substantially less under steer. I can see how on the really tight corners at the autocross it won't make much of a difference though. I'm still glad I got around to doing this

 

Once you get the right corner though, it's really awesome. It'll be like a rwd car, minus the snap oversteer, cuz you still have front wheels pulling you.

 

Not sure if your pulling the bearing for another reason but you don't have to take the bearing off to get to the LSD plates.

 

This is going to be the most newbie question ever, but on USDM models, does the 2005 VIII GSR have the same front, center and rear differentials and LSDs as the 2006 IX GSR? Or were only the 2005 and 2006 MR models the same?

 

I did this last night on the spare rear diff I have. Great write, made it very easy to do the diff out of the car. Only took like 2 hours taking my time. Hoping to get it installed this weekend.