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Got to see this SR20DET-powered S14 earlier. As you can see, it snowed between yesterday and today. The owner/builder of this gem is a manager at the hardware store in front of which these photos were taken.
I never realized the size difference between the Silvia and Soarer. I knew the Soarer was a fair bit heavier, but the body styles were so similar I figured they were dimensionally similar.
Parts came in for my the differential rebuild. The LSD will be going into a spare OEM SC300 pumpkin whose supporting internals (bearings, seals, pins, etc) will be replaced. The sealed pumpkin will then be quickly swapped into the car.
I must give a shoutout to LexusAutoParts.com for a good experience. The order was less than half the price of my local dealership's parts department, and the parts were at my doorstep in 5 business days.
Parts came in for my the differential rebuild. The LSD will be going into a spare OEM SC300 pumpkin whose supporting internals (bearings, seals, pins, etc) will be replaced. The sealed pumpkin will then be quickly swapped into the car.
I must give a shoutout to LexusAutoParts.com for a good experience. The order was less than half the price of my local dealership's parts department, and the parts were at my doorstep in 5 business days.
how much if you dont mind me asking? i need an lsd for my na-t 5 spd
The rebuild parts were around $200. The spare pumpkin was $300.
Pumpkin, rear plate, and ring gear in the parts bath..
$200 is cheap. I just went to Toyota and the rebuild parts were about $350 and that is not including whatever shims are going to be needed.
I am also doing the supra lsd into an sc300 pumpkin to keep the gearing ratio higher until I go turbo. Diff arrives on Monday and parts should be here by Tuesday.
To date, I have not found any video of someone rebuilding an SC/Supra diff. By any chance can you either shoot a video for us, or post up a good pic how-to?
Shot it with some ScratchWizard 1A0 basecoat, and several coats of pre-catalyzed clear lacquer. Wetsanded (1500), wetsanded (2000), wetsanded some more (3000), and polished (5000 + rubbing compound).
~15 hours of work later and it's back on. My fascia was mostly paintmatched to my hood (ended up being a lighter variant of 1A0). Unfortunately this means the paint line is visible. At least the license plate covers up most of the repaired area anyway.
Oh well. Daily driver problems. I think I've doubled the bumper's structural integrity after all those layers of fiberglass mat and filler.
02-15-15, 08:33 PM
