ok i have a non lsd tranny f35 tranny i think it is an im looking to get the g85 tranny
but heres my problem....
i got a crazy deal on the g85 tranny but the case is crackd'
so now my question is....is it still worth it to get the tranny just for the lsd an swap it into the f35 if so how hard can this be?
i would like to do the work myself but a few others have said theres way to many different kind of tools youll need

HELP PLEASE
Thanks in advance

 

I'd read the build books on replacing the tranny and see how tough it would be for you.

I'd say it's not worth it.

 

yea many a tools are expensive and from germany or somethin like that...essentially for the price you'd pay to do the swap an everything your better off getting a tranny with LSD in it already and installing it instead of trying install an LSD in your current tranny....USMC Field MP did his i think...he can give you some insight...he didnt put in an LSD but he hadda rebuild his tranny

 

the hardest part would be finding the saab tools from Germany...

 

$500 JUST for tools to do the swap. THEN you have to take into account the very real possibility of FUBARing your good tranny and having to buy another one.

 

hmmm....im all f'd up now lol...

 

I could NOT find the tools for the life of me. They are out there... its just a matter of finding them. I got lucky and a friend wrecked his and I bought his LSD Trans from him. HIS was an open diff when it started its life... it is now an LSD. SO the tools are out there, because he got his hands on them... and I know the dealership that THOSE tools are at now.

If you need a good case to do the swap on... lemme know. I've got MY eye ***** on your traction bars.


Trade me thinks. Although, I dunno if I wanna do that. My 1st trans is 98% okay, other than a bad 2nd gear synchro... which is sitting in my 2nd trans - which has a blown open diff and cracked case.

It is very worth getting away from the Open Diff, as they are very weak.

You can order the tools online from a place in Wisconsin.

 

yeah the trac bars are gone this weekend i just traded them for a stg2 snow meth kit with 2 bottles of boost jucie

 

Grrrrrrr

 

you need a hood dont you

 

personally i dont think its worth it unless you plan on tracking it hardcore

 

Yeah... but a hood isn't worth the tranny to me. That's my back-up tranny in case I **** anything else up.

 

the differences are also very minimum if any when it comes to drag IMO. my brother has lsd, i dont, Exact mods. and we ran same times all day. also on the dyno he put down 1 extra tq (mine 233/210, his 233/211) and he also had a 2.9 at the time while i only had the stage 2 pulley...

so really is it worth all the money to do it? no

 

the only reason i really want lsd is couse mt tq steer is nuts....
then i drove my boys irl with the same mods an he has no tq but he has lsd
thats pretty much why i want lsd now

next time i go on the highway i will vid me doing a 40roll pull an post pics of my crazy tq steer

 

learn to drive :P i didnt notice any difference between either one IMO

 

tq steer has nothing to do with learning how to drive lol but pay for my driveing classes then i will learn how to drive better just to make you happy

 

^^^awww thats cute...haha

 

haha isnt it now

 

You can't compare 2 different engines like that. You might be a better track driver.

I don't really get torque steer... but I didn't really get it before either. 1st gear seems to grip quite a bit better for me... and it actually grips a little bit in the rain now. Haha.

There aren't a whole lot of times when you'll notice a difference.

 

LSD has NOTHING to do with torque steer. I've driven both. I have a Cobalt w/o LSD my boyfriend had one with LSD. No difference at all between the two. Mine has mild torque steer, his had much more severe torque steer which is to be expected because he had more straight-line mods.

LSD really isn't going to make much of a noticeable difference except in bad weather or in high speed turns. If you just want it to "eliminate torque steer" you're wasting money.

If you want to get rid of torque steer for good, go RWD.

 

So you don't think it is much of an advantage in a parking-lot Autocross?

 

For autocross it is definitly a plus I want one so bad.

 

Of course it is!!!!!!! That's what I was getting at at high speed turns (high speed in relation to the turn itself). This is why I have one sitting at home contemplating putting it in my car. However, he was talking about it strictly from a straight-line perspective.

 

From a Straight-Line perspective... you won't ever need an LSD/Posi driving a Cobalt. Haha...

 

That's what I thought, but the way you were talking, I was confused about what your opinion was. When you say "high-speed" and I'm thinking <25mph, those things don't exactly match. In my old truck, I could tell the difference just turning at 10mph, but, I haven't really driven a vehicle with this style of helical LSD much, only old school clutch types and locked/welded/spooled types (I do not recommend welded spider gears, just so that is out of the way).