WOOHOO!! LSD INSTALLED

[Runnin-SAtown]

WOOHOO!! LSD INSTALLED!!! install went smoothly, had to take out the sway bar to do it but alls well that ends well... however my ABS is um...."no longer available to me" lol. but its all gravy. anyone know where i can get a reluctator ring w/o having to buy a whole rebuild kit?... and oh ya...
[img]graemlins/burnout.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/burnout.gif[/img] two wheels spinnin baby

[UsMuScL398]

Gj how much it drain u in the wallet?.....how noticeable was it.....and why no abs.....not availible with lsd?

[OneQuickV6]

Originally posted by Runnin-SAtown:
anyone know where i can get a reluctator ring w/o having to buy a whole rebuild kit?...

GM will almost always have one in stock for you:) They are like $15 maybe? But yu'll have to tell them, the info for a V8 car that had the same gears you just put in and such so they can look up the part number. Should be painless at any dealership if your parts person knows what he/she is doing!

[Georghino]

Yes, I bought mine in a GM dealer. I believe i paid $15. Haven't installed it yet. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Runnin-SAtown]

Originally posted by UsMuScL398:
Gj how much it drain u in the wallet?.....how noticeable was it.....and why no abs.....not availible with lsd?

the diff was 100$ plus shipping.. VERY VERY noticable difference. and the no ABS has to do with a reluctator ring built into the origional diff, but being a seperate piece in the SLP takeoff diif that i installed. it'll come back once i get the ring.

[98Camaro3.8]

Originally posted by Runnin-SAtown:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by UsMuScL398:
Gj how much it drain u in the wallet?.....how noticeable was it.....and why no abs.....not availible with lsd?

the diff was 100$ plus shipping.. VERY VERY noticable difference. and the no ABS has to do with a reluctator ring built into the origional diff, but being a seperate piece in the SLP takeoff diif that i installed. it'll come back once i get the ring. </font>[/QUOTE]The reluctor ring isn't really part of the diff. Since you've got an M5, you had 3.23s before, so you could've just taken the ring off the old one and put it on the new one. ;)

[Runnin-SAtown]

Originally posted by 98Camaro3.8:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Runnin-SAtown:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by UsMuScL398:
Gj how much it drain u in the wallet?.....how noticeable was it.....and why no abs.....not availible with lsd?

the diff was 100$ plus shipping.. VERY VERY noticable difference. and the no ABS has to do with a reluctator ring built into the origional diff, but being a seperate piece in the SLP takeoff diif that i installed. it'll come back once i get the ring. </font>[/QUOTE]The reluctor ring isn't really part of the diff. Since you've got an M5, you had 3.23s before, so you could've just taken the ring off the old one and put it on the new one. ;) </font>[/QUOTE]actually it was, i have 3.42's the guide that was posted on how to tell what gear ratio you have was incorrect. i think it still says 3.23's in my profile though. and i checked on the gear itself... 3.42

[RallyRed 98]

how did you figure that out? did you count the teeth and divide by the pinion?

[98Camaro3.8]

Originally posted by Runnin-SAtown:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by 98Camaro3.8:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Runnin-SAtown:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by UsMuScL398:
Gj how much it drain u in the wallet?.....how noticeable was it.....and why no abs.....not availible with lsd?

the diff was 100$ plus shipping.. VERY VERY noticable difference. and the no ABS has to do with a reluctator ring built into the origional diff, but being a seperate piece in the SLP takeoff diif that i installed. it'll come back once i get the ring. </font>[/QUOTE]The reluctor ring isn't really part of the diff. Since you've got an M5, you had 3.23s before, so you could've just taken the ring off the old one and put it on the new one. ;) </font>[/QUOTE]actually it was, i have 3.42's the guide that was posted on how to tell what gear ratio you have was incorrect. i think it still says 3.23's in my profile though. and i checked on the gear itself... 3.42 </font>[/QUOTE]Unless a previous owner had swapped out the gears already, they were 3.23s. Manuals only come with 3.23s. It is possible that a previous owner upgraded them, though.
Regardless of what gear you had, it was a series 3 carrier, therefore the reluctor ring could be used on the new diff. All you should have to do is put a piece of wood to protect it, and hit it with a hammer.

[Runnin-SAtown]

Originally posted by RallyRed 98:
how did you figure that out? did you count the teeth and divide by the pinion?

.....it says...on the gears

[Runnin-SAtown]

98camaro 3.8 : well either way it wasnt at least looking like it would come off. i already ordered the part anyways. i seriously though looked as if it was one piece, the gears were removable but the ring looked as if it were one piece

[RallyRed 98]

you have to carefully pound (contradictory?) the reluctor ring off and transfer it to the new diff.