you must of took me the wrong way, i accept it an know it works quite well and i apprec the info you put out for the forum just as i am sure the rest of the members do
i was not bashing what you were saying or the info you posted i simply said basically i don't care what it says i love the diff.
and just as the bold text you put in your post, those are things i don't really care about. i didn't buy this car for 0-60 or 60-100 or etc etc. for the type of driving i do this diff is perfect, or for factual purposes should i say feels perfect
and to be honest this is an internet forum i am not looking to buy any credibilty i could really care less what anyone thinks of me
i am not misleading anyone, a member asked for feedback from anyone that had it and i gave mine. i don't claim to be an expert or a tech or anything just a car nut and i gave my op on the diff that is all
i don't know who paid 4k but i def didn't. i wouldn't have got this diff if it was that much. it is cool and i like it but i don't think i would of paid 4k
i know there is science and all that and accept it just fine, at the end of the day i like the diff and i think it was worth it and a nice mod for the car. is it for everyone?? no. that is for the person to decide
it just seems whoever has the diff and says they like it, you try to prove how it is not worth it etc, or to try and prevent others from getting it. the info is there i say let the person decide from the info and reviews and go from there, i don't think there is a right or wrong answer to this.
thank you for your info you have provided the forum i am sure it has helped many.
cheers
H
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Originally Posted by swamp2
Your unwillingness to accept that science and engineering actually work is really unfortunate. What century are we living in? If you read the thread over carefully that I referred you to you would learn a lot. I am not saying there is anything wrong with going for feel. The key point is that higher FD ratios do give you improved in gear torque to the wheels. However, with the mod you get to redline quicker in each gear and then have to shift. During this shift and after (until the stock car shifts) the stock FD car will still be in the lower gear and pulling WAY harder than you in your next gear. This is the KEY tradeoff with diffs. There is no such thing as a free lunch. The "graphs" and "science project" show all of this quite nicely. The end result is with a FD mod most key performance metrics are not significantly improved (say 0-60, 1/4 mi, 0-100, 60-130), some may be slightly better, some slightly worse and that is A FACT. Again IN GEAR results will generally be improved, some quite significantly.
I always try to take an approach in discussions that help folks learn a bit more. I'm intensely skeptical of many mods and I think that does a bit of a service to our forum members. Bashing science and engineering, the very things that produced your car (and every car you've owned) and even this great new diff really does not buy you increased credibility.
Last but not least, even though butt dynos inevitably mislead folks, I don't think you are being misled in what you feel in your car. Of course you can imagine what anyone should really ask for - careful measurements of specific performance gains (or losses) before and after such a mod. I know if I was going to drop $4k I'd certainly want to run the simulations and see some actual tests. Someone really should do this and share the results with the forum.
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