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anyone know whats the quickest/easiest way of finding out what type of diff is on the car, i know where theres a 1999 mk2 1.8 mx5 close to me, his looking for 350 for the diff and halfshafts but i dont know if its an open or an LSD, id nearly pay that for the diff if its LSD but i dont want to take a chance.

Have a quick read here and here

Its probably a type 2 . Look thro fill/level hole to check for horizontal worm gears(type2) vertical( type 1) . Hard to see the type 2........all you see are slots whereas type 1 is fairly obvious.

ok thanks lads, il try and check it tomorrow

mx5ideways wrote:anyone know whats the quickest/easiest way of finding out what type of diff is on the car, i know where theres a 1999 mk2 1.8 mx5 close to me, his looking for 350 for the diff and halfshafts but i dont know if its an open or an LSD, id nearly pay that for the diff if its LSD but i dont want to take a chance.

MK1 torsen here with all shafts for £250 - come and take it out if you want

charged_rs wrote:

mx5ideways wrote:anyone know whats the quickest/easiest way of finding out what type of diff is on the car, i know where theres a 1999 mk2 1.8 mx5 close to me, his looking for 350 for the diff and halfshafts but i dont know if its an open or an LSD, id nearly pay that for the diff if its LSD but i dont want to take a chance.

MK1 torsen here with all shafts for £250 - come and take it out if you want

i would love to but with 2 jobs i've hardly any time off, its a pity you weren't abit closer.

I got my Torsen Type II with all 3 shafts/seals/bolts and also the two rear lower wishbones for 200 euro.....but that was a few years ago so I suppose they've gone UP in price since then

Yeah, people are copping on to them and snapping them up Fergus. I believe that the old Kia Sportage has the same diff in the front axle. Straight swap with just a change of the Crown Wheel. Must be plenty of them about .........you would still need prop and shafts tho.

sidewaysreilly wrote:Yeah, people are copping on to them and snapping them up Fergus. I believe that the old Kia Sportage has the same diff in the front axle. Straight swap with just a change of the Crown Wheel. Must be plenty of them about .........you would still need prop and shafts tho.

i think i have a prop shaft and hafts at home, any more info on this?

sidewaysreilly wrote:Yeah, people are copping on to them and snapping them up Fergus. I believe that the old Kia Sportage has the same diff in the front axle. Straight swap with just a change of the Crown Wheel. Must be plenty of them about .........you would still need prop and shafts tho.

Never heard about the diff but yeah, there's some good parts that can be used from the Kia

yeah i have something somewhere, lots of parts commonly used between Mazda and Kia a while back . Diff is definately the same.Engine too!¬!

i just bought a 98mk2 1.8 5 speed are they fitted with a lsd?

I think so, you can check your car here http://ox.mx5oc.co.uk/guide_mx5.htm

yeah it seems to have one if its a 1.8 and all the spec matches mine also tried a little spin of the wheels in an empty car park and it left two very even tyre marks
and it has the fins and the rubber dampner on the diff casing

nearly sure all mk 2's with abs had an LSD fitted.