spare diff

I cleaned my spare diff case last night and opened it up.  i havent totally decided what my plans are for this one, but im thinking get a different ring and pinion to gear it somewhere between 4.1-4.2 because in the future I have plans to run small wheels.  And Im thinking about filling in the mounts with polyurethane to make them pretty solid.  And I will probably take the diff out of the pumpkin thats on the car right now and put it in this one, or just get this one welded too.  not sure yet

and ill paint both of them at some point

or maybe just keep this one as a spare, not sure

driving

Just went to a spot about 15 minutes from my house and did some driving

here is the result

IM going to try to go get 2 17s to mound the free tires I can get

awesome s30

an awesome looking local s30 just got featured on speedhunters, and I love the location (Alameda Naval Base), they do a lot of driving type events out there
http://www.speedhunters.com/2012/05/the-peoples-choice-sunnys-240z/

lexus front bumper

took the front bumper off the lexus a couple days ago.  i washed it off pretty well today.  sometime soon i will go to harbor freight and try to get a new orbital sander to replace the old one i have from them that gave out.

this thing is duraflex, so it doesnt brake, its impossible to. 

and ill probably cut my springs soon

lexus diff

I forgot to mention, i took the diff to blu808 and they welded it for me for $65.  they did two square steel plates, one on each side, welded to the 4 spider gears front and back.  its rock solid, glad I paid to have a super good weld.

anyways, ive been driving on it for about 2.5 weeks now and it feels solid.  everyone complains about it, and its not a big deal.  you only feel it driving slowly through a parking lot

anyways, next up on the lexus is some means of lowering and im going to try to get a crappy used pair of 17" wheels for drifting with, cause I can get free used 17" tires

I finished painting the porsche and im starting to reassemble it.  I still need to buff it out through.

the lexus (original basically everything) has 186, almost 7k miles on it and im surprised the motors held up. im not sure it will last for long though

some clear coat on, should be done soon

opened the diff

I pulled the diff out of the car today, and of course im going to drain the differential fluid because im going to be getting it welded.  So I unscrew the drain plug to drain the oil and all I get is a hiss of compressed air that comes out.  Eventually oil started to come out.  This means the oil had not been changed in a really long time.  

The magnetic drain plug had a bunch of sludge on it and stuck to it were some chunks/shards of metal.  

so i took off the cover on the diff to find that...

the shards of metal came from the spider gears, specifically the ones on the top and on the bottom.

I would replace them, but I wont be using them anymore because the diff is going to be welded.