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Old 9th April 2012, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by costlow7 View Post
I have just noticed something, I dont know if it is that important but if you look at the saturns/nts mx5 build guide revision 3 page 30 you will see the diff in the car. If you look closely you will see two very small cut outs notches top and bottom on the right hand side of the ally casting, if you look at nathans post you will see that the diff broke at this point. I know it broke because of other reasons and this has probably nothing to do with it, apart from this being a bit weaker. I have not checked my diff yet for these marks, just thought I would mention it.

Yep, that's the Mazda designed in safety point, designed to break at this point in an accident so the PPF doesn't pierce the fuel tank. It is a built in weak point.

TK
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