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Old 23-05-2007, 09:57 PM   #1
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Hey guys/girls im after a LSD for my 2002 forte. I don't know what one to buy or where i could get one from.


my cousin said get one from a wrecker out of a xr8 as they have a lsd and 4:11 ratio or something like that.

would i be better off taking the whole diff or just taking the lsd out of it?

any other ones?? can i get them brand new?? if so how much roughly?

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Old 23-05-2007, 10:15 PM   #2
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LSD was standard in XR's up to mid AUII, from about Jun/Jul 2001 XR6HP had optional LSD but XR6VCT and XR8 kept it as standard. Ratio is 3.45, definitely not 4.11.
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Old 23-05-2007, 10:15 PM   #3
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mate give FTG a call their a site sponsor they should have some diffs there
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Old 23-05-2007, 10:44 PM   #4
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i paid 600 for my 3.45 lsd disk to disk
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Old 23-05-2007, 11:02 PM   #5
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haha okay 3:45 how much of a difference i would it give me? power wise? im not a car goddest if u can't tell
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Old 23-05-2007, 11:30 PM   #6
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i paid 900 for a brand new diff for my wifes car disc to disc its a series 1 forte. it was a 3.45 lsd centre the only differnce i found was it does wicked circles now. haha
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Old 23-05-2007, 11:31 PM   #7
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i paid 900 for a brand new diff for my wifes car disc to disc its a series 1 forte. it was a 3.45 lsd centre the only differnce i found was it does wicked circles now. haha
hahah yea thats pretty much why i want it haha sick of doing 1 legger second gearys

where was that from?
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Old 24-05-2007, 12:06 AM   #8
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mine launches heaps better with the 3.45 solves the BTR 1st gear problem
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Old 24-05-2007, 12:08 AM   #9
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mine launches heaps better with the 3.45 solves the BTR 1st gear problem
BTR??

and where did u get the diff from?
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Old 24-05-2007, 12:50 AM   #10
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BTR??

and where did u get the diff from?
BTR is the 4speed auto in falcons the first gear is a bit of a strech with the 3.08 diff it really has to work to get off the mark got mine from ford pro in smithfield (sydney)
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Old 24-05-2007, 06:29 AM   #11
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dont forget, you will need to upgrade speedo drive at the box, as the change in diff gearing will put it out of whack. ie, will show lower speed then what your actually doing.
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Old 24-05-2007, 07:16 AM   #12
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dont forget, you will need to upgrade speedo drive at the box, as the change in diff gearing will put it out of whack. ie, will show lower speed then what your actually doing.
If you go from 3.08 to 3.45 the speedo will actually show faster than what you are doing. Approx 12% faster. You will be doing 100kph but the speedo will indicate 112kph.
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Old 24-05-2007, 03:17 PM   #13
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dont forget, you will need to upgrade speedo drive at the box, as the change in diff gearing will put it out of whack. ie, will show lower speed then what your actually doing.
been there done that you need the grey gear to get the speedo back to normal
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Old 24-05-2007, 04:09 PM   #14
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A diff out of a wrecked XR8 won't fit either as you're a live axileer, not an IRS shock mount killer.
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Old 11-08-2007, 09:11 PM   #15
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hmmm im gonna bump this thread.....

im really sick of the one leggers.....

so please tell me what model and year model i can get one out of....cause ill give a few wreckers a call tomorrow...

anything else i should be looking at???

do i just take the centre out???
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Old 11-08-2007, 10:49 PM   #16
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should be a straight swap if you can get a live axle slippery. not 100% sure about IRS slippery centers fitting to live axles, could be a straight swap of the gears? good luck with it.
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Old 12-08-2007, 12:38 PM   #17
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A diff out of a wrecked XR8 won't fit either as you're a live axileer, not an IRS shock mount killer.

I bought myself a LSD out of and XR and it was live axle. There are live axle lsds out there, trouble would be finding one, and the speedo gear u need is black not grey, they are bout $12 from ford spare parts, they have 23 teeth on them.

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Old 12-08-2007, 05:31 PM   #18
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I was of the understanding that all XR Sedans had IRS. Live axle may be from a ute?
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Old 12-08-2007, 05:33 PM   #19
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I was of the understanding that all XR Sedans had IRS. Live axle may be from a ute?
only the XR8 and XR6VCT sedans had IRS on the XR's. The majority of XR6's were the HP model which had Live axle.

All utes had live axle regardless
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Old 12-08-2007, 05:41 PM   #20
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Get a Pre-July-01 live axle XR6 LSD diff.
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Old 12-08-2007, 06:51 PM   #21
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Get a Pre-July-01 live axle XR6 LSD diff.
answer exactly what im after thanks mate
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Old 12-08-2007, 07:18 PM   #22
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i got LSD put in my fairmont ... i don't know were it was from though as my cousin did it all ... costed $500 all up ;)
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