mellow65 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Lets say I have a 03 wrx rear end with a VLSD and I want to take just the VLSD and put it in a rear end out of a late 90s outback. I can't just swap the whole diff because of the different ratios (4.11 from the wrx and 4.44 in the outback). but can i just swap the LSD? Or were there changes in designs through out the years even though they are all called r160s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltik Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 You can use an early 90's Legacy turbo rear diff which was VLSD and 4.444 ratio. I think the internals do swap over but its quite a bit of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellow65 Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 well i guess i will just have to take them apart and see. i was just hoping someone had done it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloyale Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 You can use an early 90's Legacy turbo rear diff which was VLSD and 4.444 ratio. I think the internals do swap over but its quite a bit of work. Pretty sure the EJ22T Legacy turbos here in the states had 3.9 VLSDs. Direct bolt in to older legacies and GLs/Loyales Newer Diffs like the WRX use internally splined connection(i.e. axle goes into diff, no exteranal stubs) So to use in an older one you would need newer axles or to swap diff stubs into the VLSD (may need machining) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellow65 Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 Pretty sure the EJ22T Legacy turbos here in the states had 3.9 VLSDs. Direct bolt in to older legacies and GLs/Loyales Newer Diffs like the WRX use internally splined connection(i.e. axle goes into diff, no exteranal stubs) So to use in an older one you would need newer axles or to swap diff stubs into the VLSD (may need machining) i have all the newer axles that fit the wrx VLSD. so i am hoping it's just the process of swapping the VLSD over to the new diff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloyale Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 i have all the newer axles that fit the wrx VLSD. so i am hoping it's just the process of swapping the VLSD over to the new diff. Should work. If you are going to lower gears like 4.11 or 4.44 you may needc to grind a tad of the corner of the case top clear (so I've heard) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellow65 Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 Should work. If you are going to lower gears like 4.11 or 4.44 you may needc to grind a tad of the corner of the case top clear (so I've heard) i'm actually using the 4.44 housing and wanting to put the VLSD in it, so i shouldn't need to clearance for anything. it was originally there. it's kind of like doing a LSD swap for the old GLs, you just use the LSD and nothing else from the 3.7 diff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrach Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Information from this link might be useful: http://wac.addr.com/auto/obs/lsd/lsd.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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