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Old 12-08-2008, 05:13 AM
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Re: Trouble with 5 speed coversion

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Originally Posted by Dan View Post
I could be wrong about the final drive but i know the diff matches the tranny. The car drives fine in every other way. If my final drives were mismatched wouldn't my tranny explode in about 2 seconds of driving? Huck you use the svx diff and axle with the swapped gears right?
Yes I do....(actually I swap the SVX LSD into the donor rear housing and donor ring and pinion) and no it wouldn't explode withing 2 seconds of driving.....I've seen people drive for thousands of miles with the wrong rear diff...the manual itranny is a little more forgiving, but will eventually destroy it.
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