Nissan Diff Mount Mock Up May 08

The original plan was to use the entire stock TR-6 power train with the exception of an upgrade to an Over Drive transmission. So much for plans. First, since it was discovered in October of 2007 that someone was offering a CV Joint half shaft conversion, I just had to have it. Then I was convinced that a Nissan R200 LSD differential ought to be included also.

So this is the Nissan Diff (as used in early 90's Q45) we bought for about $200 including shipping. It's built so much better than than the original that it would be difficult for me to articulate all of the differences here. Suffice to say that it's worth the money, and it comes with LSD!!

In order to fit the Nissan Diff to the frame it was necessary to first buy an adapter from Goodparts. Which seemed to work fairly well, at least at first. If I had to do this all again, I would have asked Ratco to build the mount into the frame.

In this shot you can see the rear mount, a very robust affair indeed.

Here is a view of the front mount. This one had some room for improvement...

A small protruding piece in the diff housing that had to be cut off in order in fit properly under the diff bridge.

A tighter shot, we ended up removing all of that bump and smoothing everything out.

Definitely a tight fit and we also have the rear anti roll bar which is routed up and over the diff to be concerned about.

It's a bit dirty right now, but when I get this thing all cleaned and polished it will look fantastic!