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Re: Buying a Miata

To: <brichardson@transystems.com>, <autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Buying a Miata
From: "Jason Powell" <fizzx@wi.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 21:32:00 -0600
>When I test drove the car the inside rear tire spun and hopped a
>>little bit when hard on the throttle in a corner.  Is this a sign of a
>>bad or going bad dif.
>
>That would tell me it really isn't a torsen diff.  I'm not that familar
>with the miata torsen, but worm gear diffs don't wear as a rule.  Now if
>the inside rear wheel was heavily unloaded it would spin.  I think all
>R's had torsens, so is it really an R?


Yup...all R's have Torsens.
The easiest way to tell if you have a Torsen is stop the car...rev to
redline...dump clutch and lay rubber.  If you see two pretty much equal
length marks you got a Torsen :-)

Jason
'96 Miata...with Torsen


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