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Jul 21, 2015 | 05:08 AM

Sergio7

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Here is some pictures of my busted differential. The question is, where do you guys recommend to buy a new one? Have read through posts & decided to create my own thread to accommodate my specific needs

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Jul 21, 2015 | 06:30 AM

Arctic Vette

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Holy fk sauce! Do you have any pics of the gears etc, what was diagnosis? Was this a OEM diff or modified/built? Maybe wasn't torqued down or bolts backed out, this happened to me once, bolt flew out back of diff cover causing extreme leakage etc etc etc.. Pretty stinky stuff and not fun having to recover from it..

Jul 21, 2015 | 08:49 AM

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St. Jude Donor '15

Ew

What year?

RPM is the usual recommendation

Jul 21, 2015 | 10:11 AM

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Yuck. Wheel hop?

Jul 21, 2015 | 11:30 AM

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It is a 2005 m6 differential, probably stock. I'm putting down about 500 whp.
This is how it looks right now lol

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Jul 21, 2015 | 12:04 PM

Arctic Vette

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That is the definition of CARNAGE!

Jul 21, 2015 | 12:27 PM

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I would consider swapping to an 08+ z06/zr1/grand sport tr6060 trans and diff

Jul 21, 2015 | 12:32 PM

Arctic Vette

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Did you happen to be at the track when this happened?

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Jul 21, 2015 | 12:34 PM

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Did you happen to be at the track when this happened?

Let's say it was a "Mexican" track

Jul 21, 2015 | 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by neutron82

I would consider swapping to an 08+ z06/zr1/grand sport tr6060 trans and diff

I have contemplated that option since i'm going to spray a 150-200 shot in the near future (when i fix the rear end) but for now i'm looking into not spending thousands in a nee Transmission & differential

Jul 21, 2015 | 12:45 PM

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you're right it isn't cheap but personally if something broke I would rather put something better in place of it rather than the same part that has a higher chance of failing again... if you go through a few stock diffs that could have been money spent towards a better setup, that's how I justify it in my head anyway

Jul 21, 2015 | 02:28 PM

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Sergio, your diff was like...

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Jul 21, 2015 | 03:03 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Sergio7

Let's say it was a "Mexican" track

So was it wheel hop? Hard launch? Drag radials? A combination.....?

Jul 21, 2015 | 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by C U IN REARVEIW

So was it wheel hop? Hard launch? Drag radials? A combination.....?

4,000 rpm launch Nitto Nt05R Drag Radials & it wheel hopped a little the race before so I'm guessing it was already weak!

Jul 21, 2015 | 06:02 PM

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[quote=Arctic Vette]Sergio, your diff was like this IS SPARTAAAA!

Well my car started getting on fire too

Jul 21, 2015 | 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by neutron82

I've had friends break the z06 diff. Too so i will probably look into one from RPM, but first i'll just get a quick replacement. (I had spent all my car-saving's money in parts already)

Jul 21, 2015 | 06:19 PM

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Well my car started getting on fire too

bro ur stock diff isnt made for those kinda launches lol

Jul 21, 2015 | 06:22 PM

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That is normal for a 2005 diff. Surprised it lasted that long. I would just swap to c6z stuff. I'm running bone stock c6z tranny/diff at 1200rwhp. Zero issues.