[huck369]

Originally Posted by Turbone

Hey Huck, here's something to think about.
My off road Hatch is rear wheel drive because of the divorced t-case, right?
Remember last year when the front diff went bye-bye?
The front diff isnt designed to run in rwd, the torque applied to the gears is unequal. It may not be a problem now, but it wont run forever like that.
I'm sure it helps to have a newer type tranny, but the engineering is still the same as the old on the front diff.
Just my .02

I suppose it could cause problems, but on the newer style tranny, with the center diff locked, it send the power out to the front and rear, the front is still working, but has no resistence due to not having axles to transfer the power to the wheels, so all the HP is used through the rear output on the tranny.
This does mean that the rear diff will be under a lot more load, and torque than it was ment for.....but Nissan used these rear diffs in some of their Vehicles, which were run RWD, so I think that the rear diff will hold up OK.....plus the tires break loose keeping it from being in to much of a bind

But either way...it's fun while as long as it lasts