{"id":6623,"date":"2016-08-04T00:15:54","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T07:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/?p=6623"},"modified":"2016-08-04T00:28:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T07:28:07","slug":"tomei-2-way-lsd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/2016\/08\/tomei-2-way-lsd\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomei 2-Way LSD"},"content":{"rendered":"

The car came with a Helical LSD from a S15 already installed, but it would be removed as part of the final deal.\u00a0While a nice differential, the HLSD would not meet my needs for drifting. With only one week left before I was due to go pick up the car, I was able to source a lightly used Tomei 2-way LSD local to the seller. The Tomei was professionally installed by the SR20 Store in Gardena in a 6-bolt S13 R200 pumpkin, just what we needed to fill the gap. I coordinated with the seller of the car to meet with the seller of the differential, and then install it.<\/p>\n

The idea to go the quick and dirty route and install a welded differential was considered; however, we were luckily unable to find a differential that was properly plate welded. I made the right move by taking the opportunity to find a real, mechanical LSD instead. While prevalent in use and can spin the rear easily, welded differentials suffer from chronic understeer with off-throttle and then exhibit too much oversteer with partial on-throttle through corners. They may be friendly for beginners, but long-term a car is slower around corners and more unpredictable with a welded. Might as well raise the ceiling and expand the horizons right off the bat. <\/p>\n

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I also had the fart can exhaust omitted from the car as part of the deal, so I bought a brand new D-Max Dual exhaust from FRSport and the seller was kind enough to pick that up as well. <\/p>\n

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One of the classic favorites for the S-Chassis is the long discontinued Dart Izumi. I stumbled upon the D-Max exhaust and was happily surprised to see that it was essentially an exact reproduction of the Dart Izumi, with the upwards bend and all. More pics to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The car came with a Helical LSD from a S15 already installed, but it would be removed as part of the final deal.\u00a0While a nice differential, the HLSD would not meet my needs for drifting. With only one week left before I was due to go pick up the car, I was able to source […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6623"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6623"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6653,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6623\/revisions\/6653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}