I'm friends with a guy who owns a driveshaft shop, he's making me a lighter weight one-piece driveline and possibly building me rebuildable rear axles. Yes, I'll take lots of pictures and post measurements. I don't think the driveshaft will cost me more than 250 or so, so if you want one I'll give you their contact info. But here's the thing, if I'm having him build me axles, what if I went ahead and upgraded to a NB Miata 7 inch rear end. The half shafts are different on the end that bolts to the diff, but for the most part all you need to do to swap diffs in a Miata is get the diff and the half shafts from an NB. I have no doubt that the Miata housings mount differently than the Protege's diff housing, but has anybody actually gotten a look at how close they may be? There aren't any Miatas in my local junkyards, other wise I would just buy one and mock it up. But I don't suppose anybody has tried this yet have they? Anybody?
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they are 100% totally completely different. you would need a custom rear subframe to run a miata rear diff housing.Escort GTR -- 11.87 @ 117.6 mph -- 320 HP / 325 Ft. Lbs. @ 23 PSI
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I also don't know that it's any kind of upgrade, seeings how the guts of those 2 diffs are interchangeable.'90 AWD Protege, full GTR drivetrain swap, ~320 whp daily driver, RIP, and
'90 AWD Protege, yet another GTR swap, Open class rallycar with a Toyota GT4 gearbox swap, thus crossing the line between hobby and mental illness. And a Brabus E55 K8, removing all doubt.
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he's talking about upgrading the 1.8 miata diff, which is in fact larger.Escort GTR -- 11.87 @ 117.6 mph -- 320 HP / 325 Ft. Lbs. @ 23 PSI
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well the 1.6 miata diffs will fit in your awd housing. get a clutch or vlsd?Escort GTR -- 11.87 @ 117.6 mph -- 320 HP / 325 Ft. Lbs. @ 23 PSI
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whats the power goal?
you could always go toyota...Escort GTR -- 11.87 @ 117.6 mph -- 320 HP / 325 Ft. Lbs. @ 23 PSI
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Well, my Festiva had 380whp, now that I know it's doable I'll probably aim high. Ok, part of me is joking and part of me is serious. I'll definitely max out the stock internals and roll that way for a while, we'll just have to see what happens.
One of my worries is the stub axles needed to go from an open diff to a viscous diff. I am seeing diffs that are specifically for open equipped Miatas versus VLSD equipped Miatas. I'm guessing that I need to get a diff meant for an open diff Miata. Is that a reason for me to not get a Mazda VLSD, because I would need to change the stub axles? I've been looking at ones like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda...Q5fAccessories
and I'm wondering if it would even fit.-'91 Festiva L
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usually its not hard to get the VLSD axle stubs with the diff... they are required in order to use it. someone selling one without them will be hard pressed to sell it lol.Escort GTR -- 11.87 @ 117.6 mph -- 320 HP / 325 Ft. Lbs. @ 23 PSI
... The first FWD BG with a Toyota E153 transmission conversion in the USA!
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yessir thats correct
trailrider098 just installed a miata VLSD and stubs in his awd pro, that i had bought for mine but never installedEscort GTR -- 11.87 @ 117.6 mph -- 320 HP / 325 Ft. Lbs. @ 23 PSI
... The first FWD BG with a Toyota E153 transmission conversion in the USA!
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I've been wondering about that, thanks for clearing that up for me! But the fact still is that only the diff from the 90-93 Miata will work in our cars, thank God for Spec Miata, means we have options!
Jay, Jason, you might as well chime in, you've both been eyeballing this thread since I started it.Last edited by teqnyck; 11-03-2009, 01:56 PM.-'91 Festiva L
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ill chime im, heres the pic that i seem to be posting alot of recently. Protege/GTX rear diff housing and ring gear with a 1.6L miata LSD
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Originally posted by neuspeedescortthe proper spelling would be "Launchabilitiness" i do believe.
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