This is a portion of an email I received from someone who had used the R160 LSD, which came from a Subaru, on his Datsun 510 :
This motor puts out a conservative 200 hp. Yes, I have to run premium fuel, but I don’t need octane boosters, except on race day. (An intercooled supercharger setup is next on the list!) The power is transferred through a 10lb. Tilton aluminum flywheel with a roadster clutch, and is then distributed via a Nissan Comp close ratio 5-speed with overdrive. (.85 OD was replaced by .75 OD for highway cruising w/ a 4.11 diff) We then move back to the 4.11 R160 LSD (‘88 Subaru XT turbo diff with gears from a ‘90 Legacy) I have had this diff in my car for 7 years and it has held up to beatings from my 180 hp L18 and my monster 2.2 with dozens of autocrosses, track days, and hillclimbs, and it's still in great shape!
Installing Subaru Limited-Slip Differentials
By Kurt Hafer This is a good source of information for finding the right donor car for the LSD R160 differential and making the swap .
Kurt answers the following questions:
What is a Limited Slip, and what are the different types?
What kind of Differential came in my 510?
Where Does Subaru Fit in?
How do I find a Subaru LSD?
Sure Ways to Tell if it's an LSD?
Which Subarus do I look at to find an LSD?
Which parts do I need to get?
How do I install the Subaru LSD?
Subaru Spotter's Guide
Go to: http://www.datsuns.com/techmenu.htm for the asnwers.
Another good source of tech information for datsun/nissan lsd's is at http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/lsdtech.html
One plan for modifying the GT6 frame to receive the Datsun or Subaru R160 LSD:
Measurements were taken directly from a Datsun 510 rear end
and a GT6 frame at Ted Schumacher's British car salvage yard at
TS Imported
Automotive in Pandora, Ohio.
Ted is a great source of parts and information. The use
of the Datsun 510 differential was Ted's idea. I had originally talked
with Ted about modifying a Mazda RX7 differential as was done on the "Rotary
Spitfire" by Grassroots Motorsports
Magazine. Ted thought that conversion was unnessarily complicated
and proposed this solution. As you can see from the drawings I've made, very
little modification of the frame is needed to adapt this rear end.
Drawings and research by: Mike Ross
