Hi All,
I bought one of these on a whim several months ago after receiving an unexpected bonus at work, only to later read a lot of people have had issues with them.
From what I can ascertain from exhaustive searching, the problem lies with the gear that drives the diff.
Apparently Mitsubishi changed the pitch by a VERY small amount half way through 1991. (so small you can't tell by looking I'm told)
From what I've read, using this diff with the older pitch will eventually lead to a failure.
Has anyone here got/used one of these diffs successfully? and/or know what gearbox I should be looking for?
Ultimately I would like to retain some of the features of my 'EVO 0' or 'VR4 RS' box (W5M33 WQYK) such as steel forks + better syncos (I believe) etc.
To make matters even more confusing, I've converted this box to 3.545 and have a front mech LSD.
I'm thinking maybe EVO 1 or 2? but can't recall if these fit a VR4.
I've been offered an EVO3 box, but I'm not sure if I can 3.545 it etc.
Maybe a GSR box? I guess I can put the steel forks in it, but what about the better synco's?
I'm so lost with this! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif
HELP!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Sorry for the long post and thank you for reading!
Cheers,
Russ.
I bought one of these on a whim several months ago after receiving an unexpected bonus at work, only to later read a lot of people have had issues with them.
From what I can ascertain from exhaustive searching, the problem lies with the gear that drives the diff.
Apparently Mitsubishi changed the pitch by a VERY small amount half way through 1991. (so small you can't tell by looking I'm told)
From what I've read, using this diff with the older pitch will eventually lead to a failure.
Has anyone here got/used one of these diffs successfully? and/or know what gearbox I should be looking for?
Ultimately I would like to retain some of the features of my 'EVO 0' or 'VR4 RS' box (W5M33 WQYK) such as steel forks + better syncos (I believe) etc.
To make matters even more confusing, I've converted this box to 3.545 and have a front mech LSD.
I'm thinking maybe EVO 1 or 2? but can't recall if these fit a VR4.
I've been offered an EVO3 box, but I'm not sure if I can 3.545 it etc.
Maybe a GSR box? I guess I can put the steel forks in it, but what about the better synco's?
I'm so lost with this! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif
HELP!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Sorry for the long post and thank you for reading!
Cheers,
Russ.