mx-5 donor 1.8 or 1.6??

[skov]

Originally Posted by CTWV50

Thanks for your input. What's the issue with the shortnose type is it the crank pulley damaging the keyway as I have an good easy fix for that sort of thing I've done in the past. Good info about the diff does this still apply to a 1.6 v-spec lsd?

I think there's a couple of failure modes - the keyway getting damaged, and the threads in the end of crankshaft failing. The usual fix is an engine swap!

I'm pretty sure the 1.6 LSDs were all viscous, and the 1.8 LSDs were torsen.