A while back i'd read this problem could be solved in a single stroke by throwing out the MX5 diff casing and housing the diff in a simpler box that would mount up the same as a Sierra diff would.
Has that idea gone out of the window ? |
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Other problem is that many of us already have saturn based chassis so need a solution for that. Cheers Stot |
Not out the window, but people who already have the MX5 diff cage cant simply install that box. It requires a whole new diffcage and changing the transmission tunnel. - Not an option for some.
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beat me to it Stot..........
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The Sierra diff is solid mounted in these cars. AFAIK there have been no issues with diff mounting failures. There are several kit car manufacturers using solid mounts on their MX-5 based builds; GBS and Roadrunner Racing are two certainties because I have seen their cars IRL. Well, GBS cut off the arms and solid mount the centre part of the diff upper. |
Can someone not maufacture a brace to go over the existing arms. Both of the breaks have occurred on the right hand arm where it has had a notch taken out. The original mounts etc could then be used
David |
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I know, this subject has been done to near death. The arm is designed to fail to prevent the PPF from acting like a battering ram in an accident.
My point is that the Sierra diff is solid mounted (the MX-5 diff has a nose mounting as well) and doesn't suffer from chassis flex related breakages. |
I think its safe to say we all know that the MX5 diff needs to be mounted at the nose, but its a case of 1) how to fix it to the chassis, 2) to bush mount, solid mount or a combination of the 2.
Were all in agreement that the Sierra diff is a superior mount, but that doesn't resolve the owners/builders with a Saturn design rear cage who are nervous about how to mount there diff. |
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