The Definitive E36 318IS "Which LSD?" Thread

[Venom]

I don't think there can be a definitive diff to have, depends what you want from the car . Id never put .64 in my car would be revving to hard on motorway and some lads would hate .15 caus of the loss in acceleration

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Jason what's yours like on the motorway?

[armando]

3.65 ratio oem lsd here. One of the best things I have done to the car. Running 195/50/15's she can be hairy. M3 ratio's no good at 3.15 the car would be like a 316. The lowest I'd go would be 3.45 but I wouldn't be massively happy about it

it would be different storry if you wud put the car on 17's:wink:
it wouldnt be as responsive anymore as now.

[Ford 2]

had 17's on my car and it was still quicker than stock IS's. On 15's its completly different. On the Motorway theres only about 200-300 rpm ion the difference from stock

[Venom]

I've been doing some reading on diffs and LSD's lately and found some good information.

Hopefully of use to a few on here:

A very good guide to how to rebuild/build an LSD

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?1650106-The-E36-Diff-Thread

168mm LSD technical discussion and internal setup overview

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=291569

Swapping E36 168 LSD internals into an E21 case. (Reverse should be possible?)

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?1565138-e36-lsd-internals-fit-into-e21-case

[gabrieldowling]

Sorry did something wrong lads sorry bout that

[Dave]

They're style 66

[gabrieldowling]

Thanks man sorry again

[Venom]

Might be worth while to link this page to here too.

http://www.bmwhaus.ie/forum/showthread.php?tid=3541