FTO AUSTRALIA

Bennoz wrote:There are 2 different part numbers for LSD centres in FTO's in CAPS. Both have dates they were used against them..

MD735332 used from Sep 1994 to Jan 1997.
MD770978 used from Feb 1997 to the end of production

You might be lucky, might be the later viscous type

Lucky? I would have thought the mechancial diff would be the better of the 2? Purely on the basis that it can distribute torque to the wheel with the most grip at a greater level than a viscous diff purely trying to match the speed of the 2 shafts. Am I way of base with this?

I'm guessing mine is probably the viscous type, based purely on the fact my car is a September 97 build.

I might try and chase this up further to find out which is which with the part numbers though, purely for my own interest. Of course this still doesn't mean anything if it's an aftermarket LSD or a factory LSD fitted to a non LSD factory box (ie. a factory option on earlier GPX's).

Bennoz wrote:There are 2 different part numbers for LSD centres in FTO's in CAPS. Both have dates they were used against them..

MD735332 used from Sep 1994 to Jan 1997.
MD770978 used from Feb 1997 to the end of production

You might be lucky, might be the later viscous type

Confirming what Bennox has said, I sent a question off to Mistubishi oz. Got this response in a few hours.

The following information has been advised by the Product Planning Department:

MD735332 = Viscous type Limited Slip Differential

MD770978 = Helical type Limited Slip Differential used on 1997 to 2000 Japanese Domestic FTO models and 2001 TJ Ralliart Magna (manual transmission).

Seems this makes the post 97 version R's the helical diff and the earlier version R's and factory option and car of the year cars using the viscious diff.

So which one is the better diff?

Which diff would the Nakaya tune run?