Bangernomics cars with an LSD?!?
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As I may be in the market for a cheap parts hauler later in the summer, I’ve been having thoughts about how I can make it a bit more interesting....
Inspired by the RR thread on the jacked up off road MR2 I was thinking about doing similar to a mediocre family hatchback. AT tyres, roof rack, suspension lift etc., but I would ideally want an LSD or something which gives a similar result.
So the question is, what’s in shed money territory these days with a limited slip diff?
Inspired by the RR thread on the jacked up off road MR2 I was thinking about doing similar to a mediocre family hatchback. AT tyres, roof rack, suspension lift etc., but I would ideally want an LSD or something which gives a similar result.
So the question is, what’s in shed money territory these days with a limited slip diff?
Odd old cars with lsd for around a grand or so... ummm
Honda Civic VTI-s MB6s .
Honda Prelude 2.2 SIR
Rover 200/600/800 vitesse turbo models
Toyota MRS
Mazda MX5 - certain JDM and limited edition models have a Torsion lsd (better) others have viscous style (not so good but better than OPEN)
E36 BMWs from 318IS to 325i a LSD was a factory option, usually pre 97 cars.
Lexus IS200 Sport
are a few i can think of
Honda Civic VTI-s MB6s .
Honda Prelude 2.2 SIR
Rover 200/600/800 vitesse turbo models
Toyota MRS
Mazda MX5 - certain JDM and limited edition models have a Torsion lsd (better) others have viscous style (not so good but better than OPEN)
E36 BMWs from 318IS to 325i a LSD was a factory option, usually pre 97 cars.
Lexus IS200 Sport
are a few i can think of
carinaman said:
Rover 200 BRM LSD in a Rover StreetView or whatever they were called?
Streetwise - this guy did ithttps://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Streetwise prices are creeping up, so well worth cashing in now while they're still cheap (around £400-600 should get you a half decent one)
aka_kerrly said:
Odd old cars with lsd for around a grand or so... ummm
Honda Civic VTI-s MB6s .
Honda Prelude 2.2 SIR
Rover 200/600/800 vitesse turbo models
Toyota MRS
Mazda MX5 - certain JDM and limited edition models have a Torsion lsd (better) others have viscous style (not so good but better than OPEN)
E36 BMWs from 318IS to 325i a LSD was a factory option, usually pre 97 cars.
Lexus IS200 Sport
are a few i can think of
That's the cheap one I was thinking of aka-kerrlyHonda Civic VTI-s MB6s .
Honda Prelude 2.2 SIR
Rover 200/600/800 vitesse turbo models
Toyota MRS
Mazda MX5 - certain JDM and limited edition models have a Torsion lsd (better) others have viscous style (not so good but better than OPEN)
E36 BMWs from 318IS to 325i a LSD was a factory option, usually pre 97 cars.
Lexus IS200 Sport
are a few i can think of
You might be about 5-10 years too late for a lot of the really cheap, rwd LSD cars though OP
IS200 Sports are getting snapped up the same way Sierras were in 2010: they're all coming to Ireland to go round in circles. They do it quite well too: I've been in one while, let's say, 'road marking was in progress'. If you're looking a parts hauler I'd suggest the Sportcross (estate). To my knowledge they all had LSDs, whereas only the Sport trim level in the saloon car did. It doesn't take much effort to weld the diff but still.
s m said:
That's the cheap one I was thinking of aka-kerrly
You might be about 5-10 years too late for a lot of the really cheap, rwd LSD cars though OP
You might be about 5-10 years too late for a lot of the really cheap, rwd LSD cars though OP
There are two in my family sadly both are SE spec with no LSD, my brother bought the one on the LEFT first for £750 and then I bought the one on the RIGHT for £650 - i swapped the 18 inch wheels, the TRD grill, the bonnet and a few other bits onto my brother's car an then gave it to my dad as a stop gap car.
That was 2 years ago, both cars have been obscenely reliable. the Y plate is on 125k - only ever had consumables/service items, the X reg, on 165k needed a little bit of welding to its sill last year - about a postcard size. Otherwise it has also been completely reliable other than one wheel stud snapping.
They drive really well, all round independent suspension, good weight distribution an wheelbase make it in my opinion a better chassis than E36/E46 BMW 3 series and i prefer the drive - i just a massive shame that we don't see hardly any IS300 in manual in the UK as i expect a 2JZ IS is FANTASTIC!
Well worth reading up on, a Sport with LSD is a good start, there are supercharger and turbo kits for the standard engine or 1/2JZ Supra/soarer/Chaser conversions if you crave more GO GO.
aka_kerrly said:
There are two in my family sadly both are SE spec with no LSD, my brother bought the one on the LEFT first for £750 and then I bought the one on the RIGHT for £650 - i swapped the 18 inch wheels, the TRD grill, the bonnet and a few other bits onto my brother's car an then gave it to my dad as a stop gap car.
That was 2 years ago, both cars have been obscenely reliable. the Y plate is on 125k - only ever had consumables/service items, the X reg, on 165k needed a little bit of welding to its sill last year - about a postcard size. Otherwise it has also been completely reliable other than one wheel stud snapping.
They drive really well, all round independent suspension, good weight distribution an wheelbase make it in my opinion a better chassis than E36/E46 BMW 3 series and i prefer the drive - i just a massive shame that we don't see hardly any IS300 in manual in the UK as i expect a 2JZ IS is FANTASTIC!
Well worth reading up on, a Sport with LSD is a good start, there are supercharger and turbo kits for the standard engine or 1/2JZ Supra/soarer/Chaser conversions if you crave more GO GO.
I'd say an IS200 Sport, my mate does V8 conversions on these LS & UZ which makes them a great sleeper, he actually rates the LS conversion as the better one but both are good, the UZ counters by being the cheaper conversion, another reason the IS is a good start is the rear end is basically a Supra so adding power isn't an issue.
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MrBig said:
As I may be in the market for a cheap parts hauler later in the summer, I’ve been having thoughts about how I can make it a bit more interesting....
Inspired by the RR thread on the jacked up off road MR2 I was thinking about doing similar to a mediocre family hatchback. AT tyres, roof rack, suspension lift etc., but I would ideally want an LSD or something which gives a similar result.
So the question is, what’s in shed money territory these days with a limited slip diff?
Bit bigger than a hatch, but what about a DIY all-road Audi A4 Quattro ?Inspired by the RR thread on the jacked up off road MR2 I was thinking about doing similar to a mediocre family hatchback. AT tyres, roof rack, suspension lift etc., but I would ideally want an LSD or something which gives a similar result.
So the question is, what’s in shed money territory these days with a limited slip diff?
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