Yes, you would be, and your insurance would also be invalid.

 

Unlike Col, I have a vast collection of broken axles and diffs.

 

It won't last very long at all behind a 12A anyway. Save you're money and buy a strong LSD when you can afford it.

 

Do it once and do it properly.

Listen to him^ :)

 

Kill somebody with a weldy = don't drop the soap.

 

I've had a few weldies in rollas, over them now so none of my cars currently have weldies. Because it somewhat changes your driving style (ie turns you into a bogan :P ) you will break axles and possibly the welds/sun gears in the diff.

And I've done all of this with a 4k, let alone a 12a. Stock diff just won't hold up to it so start to save you pennies now for an upgrade, and get something that will take an LSD when you can afford it.

well what diff do you reckon a t series diff or any thing don't want to spend money on over kill if it can hold a bridgy that would be awesome

13BT KE20's STOCK ke20 BANJO diff held 167rwkw for five months. It was a welded center and I'm pretty sure axles woul have become consumables

unlike Col, I have a vast collection of broken axles and diffs.

 

Just that I know how to drive Red :)

IIHO I don't think I'd bother with a T series for a rota conversion, just go straight for a hilux. I know you won't like that idea much financially, but it'll save you just in the cost of replacement axles (and T series axles aren't the easiest to find) in the long run. :)

any ideas on cost this help is awesome for a hilux

Depends how much you can do yourself really. If not probably around $1k once you've bought the diff, had mounts cut off and new ones welded on, new bearings etc.

a welded diff in a standard car is dangerous, but if you car is setup for it then i believe they are safe because you always know excatly what the car is going to do

 

but yea i destroyed about 5 diff heads in my ke70 with 4k/5k turbos then i started welding them up, then you snap axels and usally destroy the head driving home on one axel

so then i went to hilux lsd first, soon got scared of that because it would often open up when i didn't want it to, now run locked, but have done the whole suspension setup to suit, and have the power to get me out of any dodgy suituations

 

people always seem to say you'll end up sideways changing lanes on the motorway etc... but you won't unless you tell the car to, i drive my car to work at least once a week and thats 70k's and its often raining

Ah, also worth mentioning what weldies do to gearboxes.... which is put a lot of back-strain on them. I farked a couple.

 

How many have you busted along with your 5 diffs Todd?

yea good point...

 

i lost count, got a pile of at least 6 down the side of the house :D (having 4 puk clutch don't help -although that was only on the last 2, which lasted about 2 weeks between them) never blew a t40 tho

but my s13 box is going to blow soon by the sounds of it :)

my hilux converison came in at just under $2g which included buying the diff (already shortended), getting new mounts, new tailshaft. Best upgrade i ever did after fitting the 13BT

 

I still run a locker with the hilux diff, i don't like the LSD that comes with them (they open wheel sometimes) and an aftermarket one is $$$

 

I havnt had any problems with my locker and don't see me changing to an LSD anytime soon. I love my locker

 

If i was you i would be checking the wreckers, some hilux models came out with a diff very very close to a KE55 diff width. That way only the mounts and tailshsft need to be done which will keep the cost down

Edited October 21, 200916 yr by 13BT_KE20

from reading the manual on my old hilux (95 model) if the VIN ends with a 2 or a 7 then it's an LSD model. Try find someone with one to validate that claim, I'm definite on the 7, not sure about the 2 though.

well as we all no most rolla diffs are flogged out!!!!!!!!

like mine!!!! (driven up a gutter SNAP!!!! sungears shit it)

welll i had no choice but to lock it :P i still can't find a center for

the BW DIFF so i can't fix her :y: but my rolla has been locked for

3 months now 14in stocks aswell no problems and trust me ive done every think you can

think of apart from ripping a skid on smooth slick road coz that stuff will

brake somethink lol I'm amazed that i havent snaped an axel i really am

i told my brother rolla diffs aint strong so we took it ezy for a bit slowly

working up too bigger dowies and clutch pop's (on a privet farm) :y: rolla axels are almost the size of VL

ones :0 lol yeah but heaps of oversteer understeer and yeah really hard too drive too

i think your 12a will snap it right away if you have some axels and diffs laying around

why not have funn :(