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Originally Posted by PorkChop
The Sierra diff is solid mounted in these cars. AFAIK there have been no issues with diff mounting failures.
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Agreed - but the Sierra diff is mounted at the nose, not on thin arms 300mm away from the application of torque. The mazda diffs are designed to fail. that's why the O/S arm has 2 notches taken out the arm.
Please don't think im shooting you all down - im certainly no expert!
heres a few shots of a simpe idea:
![](http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r749/thomas_short1/153_zps5ddc505e.jpg)
Viewed from rear
![](http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r749/thomas_short1/154_zpsa583a0ba.jpg)
viewed from below/rear
![](http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r749/thomas_short1/155_zps6075b5b2.jpg)
viewed from above
Its simply 25x25x1.2 (but I will use 40x20x3) tube. I will of course use bolts to secure it, and weld it into the chassis with stiffener plates.
Can anyone see any issues?