Welding Diffs

[chappo12]

as its time to put some more hours into my 12A ke55 corolla i wanted to know what people think about welding the diff as a new diff is not on my money right now

 

i wanted to know if it will hold the power of a stock 12a and can i rip a skid with out f$!king it.

 

is it hard to do?

 

also is it safe to cruise with.

 

if it was your car and you didnt have the money for a bigger diff would you do it ?

 

i had a mate weld his rx3 diff hardcore and it went sweet but i can't get in touch with him to ask him about it same with a gemie with a 308 motor with stock diff welded and it got punished all day but the diff went awesome

 

cheers guys steve

[4wdwgn]

as its time to put some more hours into my 12A ke55 corolla i wanted to know what people think about welding the diff as a new diff is not on my money right now

 

i wanted to know if it will hold the power of a stock 12a and can i rip a skid with out f$!king it.

 

is it hard to do?

 

also is it safe to cruise with.

 

if it was your car and you didnt have the money for a bigger diff would you do it ?

 

i had a mate weld his rx3 diff hardcore and it went sweet but i can't get in touch with him to ask him about it same with a gemie with a 308 motor with stock diff welded and it got punished all day but the diff went awesome

 

cheers guys steve

 

 

welding the centre is like having constant LSD with no centre slip, not good for general driving, you will end up snaping axils..

[Evan G]

safe and welded diff don't mix

[Rolliac]

My daily driver has a welded diff. did it myself about 3-4 months ago.

 

My opinion:

Horrible for daily driving. It sucks bad in car parks. I feel bad for the poor axles and expect them to snap any time.

 

It is defiantly fun for ripping skids and getting sideways though.

[h1_roll4]

tis also illegal.

And its not always unsafe. At least you know for sure that both wheels will spin. It wont go open all of a sudden

[poodle]

just weld it...there fun to have and i think with a locked diff you have more control if you are planning on doing the odd skid... if you don't like it you can always go back to a open diff

[styler]

pros:

cheap

effective

 

cons:

not a proper mechanical solution

dangerous in wet

illegal

[altezzaclub]

Great on gravel but I'd never do it on tar.

 

Promotes understeer as it drives the car straight ahead until you can get it turning, then it promotes oversteer as the rear tyres argue over how much traction each has. Without a lot of grunt to make it slide there will be more understeer than oversteer, except in the rain when it will be a real eye-opener!

 

Use cheap tyres, they won't last!

[philbey]

Second that motion. There is no way that a locker is "safe" especially next to an open or an LSD. It's either all understeer or all oversteer baby.

 

And that chirp chirp chirp chirp as you turn in a carpark is a dead giveaway to the 5-0.

Edited October 18, 2009 by philbey

[chappo12]

ok well would it last long then the stock diff open?

[chappo12]

I'm not gonna drive the car in the wet lol and try to stay away from car parks.

[ke30dude]

If you don't have the money to upgrade the diff why not leave it stock and drive sensibly?

 

Welding it is only going to stress the axles and when you start breaking stuff it is going to cost you anyway.

[philbey]

It'll understeer like a bitch in the Dry.

[coln72]

Never broke an axle with a locked diff and the understeer can be mostly dialed out by playing with the front end and driving style, but it is ILLEGAL and if you take someone out you will be in deep shit. Basically I would never use one on the road.

[chappo12]

yea thats a good point what if i kill some one i would be f@$ked