Is it possibly to install a LSD in a 5 speed tranny that doesn't have LSD? My tranny is coming apart anyway for a repair and figured I'd see if I can swap the parts.

 

Not unless you can find a Quaife.

 

ya you need a queef.

 

or get a brand new 5 speed trans for 1800 from the dealer.. with lsd

 

You need a Quaife and

 

Ive always wondered what is better, a OEM VLSD, or a Quaife:
for performance?
for reliability?

 

As for reliability, I'd say Quaife, since they offer a lifetime warranty. They apparently have a lot of confidence in their product.

 

Try more like $2,200 for an LSD

 

Brand new, eh? For $1800?? I don't think so. Proof required.

 

The quaife is a torsen-type LSD. It's fairly durable and provides better performance than the viscous stock LSD. The stock LSD viscous coupling also supposedly wears out in 60k although I don't have any firsthand experience with that. (In other automotive applications it is common for viscous couplings to have a limited lifetime, e.g. Jeep Cherokees).

The advantage of the viscous is that it's probably a little smoother to drive. In fact, most FWD cars don't offer any LSD option just because the average Joe Car Buyer is a dope and prefers an open-wheel diff because it creates no feedback to the steering wheel.

Dave

 

The stock tranny was only $1800 brand new about a year ago from competitively priced online dealers. Price has gone up since last year.

I'm not sure I'd buy one. Every single OEM tranny I've ever torn down has used the same two sizes of adjustment shims on the differential. So the Nissan assemblers weren't adjusting anything - they just bolted things together. Lucky owners get good life out of the tranny because those sizes were close to the proper fit. Unlucky owners end up needing a rebuild. If I bought a brand new tranny I'd take it apart and check the shim sizes before installing it just to be sure.

 

^^ Good post!
but Dave .... why would anyone really want to "feel" the front tires on the road

I know exactly what you mean! Nothing like driving a car and not having any feeling / idea what the front end is doing (washing out, floating, lifting ... etc). I want a car that I can feel every thing the front end does. I don't really get that "responsivness" from my Maxima, but oh well .... it's what I want, not what I have (atm!)

 

I believe $1800ish was the price I got from Garrand's Nissan a few years back. This was unshipped of course.

Yes, Crooper, you can add an LSD to a 5-speed tranny. If you had an automatic, you would have to replace the whole transmission.

I swapped my stock Maxima non-VLSD trans for an I30 VLSD trans earlier this year.

I forget if this applies to stick shifts or not, but I had to replace my driver side axel with a VLSD axel.

 

I had t replace both drivers and passenger when i put in the 2001 AE tranny.

 

Sorry to break it to you Mr. Grammar Police, but you didn't spell axle right...

 

^^lol, pwned

 

yea i think so..


http://www.worldpartsexpress.com/par...layCatalogid=0


the dealer also told me the same thing

 

Damn i can get a 2003 tranny for 1800 too wooo.

 

That doesn't look like a Nissan dealer to me........

The Nissan dealer also told me they would sell me a GTR at their cost too.

 

I was talking about the time I went ice skating. What the heck are you talking about Jim?


ax·el Audio Help /ˈæksəl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ak-suhl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun Figure Skating. a jump performed by a skater leaping from the front outer edge of one skate into the air to make 11/2 rotations of the body and landing on the back outer edge of the other skate.

 

yea they are a Nissan dealer...i get all my parts from them they are oem nissan parts... call them up...

and yea my buddy works at nissan and list is 1800 and some change.... call and find out urself i think ur gonna be pleasantly surprized

 

ya Wizard, you are wrong on this one.

http://www.trademotion.com/partlocat...96&catalogid=1
everythingnissan.com has the same price listings.

well its a little more there, but not 2300.

 

error 404: Nissan Dealer not found.

 

then just go and buy a Quaife for 1500 and stick it in your 10 year old transmission...

 

It is a dealer. I buy all my parts from everythingnissan.com and when they come it comes with an invoice printed by the dealer "Infiniti of Scottsdale" Scottsdale, AZ. The parts are all OEM too.

 

the www.trademotion.com site doesn't appear to be a Nissan dealer to me.

 

Trademotion.com is a hosting site that allows dealers to sell parts online.

Worldpartsexpress.com one such website (hosted by trademotion) of a Nissan dealer in Brooklyn Park, MN. I know because I've placed probably a dozen orders through them and they are excellent.

Dave

 

What years of transmissions can I put in my car? Like would a 5th gen work? Would it be better and/or cheaper?

 

my link is not the same as yours. Or if you wish, try http://www.everythingnissan.com and then navigate your way to the parts catalog.

and to what Dave said.

 

5spd transmissions are $1900-$2000 from Courtesy Nissan. They used to be $1695 when I first looked at them online about a year or a year and a half ago.

http://www.courtesyparts.com/betasite/kb_search_result.php?keywords=[32010M]+\(a32b&cPath=1783_1784_1851_1864

 

I aready have a Quaife.

 

U want to help with a VQ35 and 6sp swap?

 

http://www.phantomgrip.com/catalog/i...d304718a66d10c

try them, they used to have a kit for 96-99's. call em and see

 

Phantomgrips are a

 

That make tooo of us