Swap_File
11-06-2008, 10:25 PM
I am currently swapping in an M50 and a manual transmission into my 318ti. Since I know the stock 4.45 ratio will not work very well, I went to the junkyard and picked up a few E30 and E28 differentials.
I know I will be replacing the input and output seals of whichever one I end up using, but it would be nice if someone could look at the gears and tell me if they look OK before I spend time on swapping it in.
3.73 LSD #1:
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Is that surface rust starting to form? Or something else? It does not look nearly as bad in person, the camera's flash seems to make it really stand out.
3.73 LSD #2:
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I know I will be replacing the input and output seals of whichever one I end up using, but it would be nice if someone could look at the gears and tell me if they look OK before I spend time on swapping it in.
3.73 LSD #1:
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/2701/b84b226c8e28368ee533289pm6.th.jpg (http://img512.imageshack.us/my.php?image=b84b226c8e28368ee533289pm6.jpg)http://img512.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/4500/5b3ddf486017d47668cdc6fjs6.th.jpg (http://img512.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5b3ddf486017d47668cdc6fjs6.jpg)http://img512.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)
Is that surface rust starting to form? Or something else? It does not look nearly as bad in person, the camera's flash seems to make it really stand out.
3.73 LSD #2:
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/409/2c394833c29a51a3b817628sp9.th.jpg (http://img512.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2c394833c29a51a3b817628sp9.jpg)http://img512.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)