What do people mean when someone says that they got a new rear end? I assume that it has something to do with the transmission, but i may be wrong. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

Rear end, if speaking about drivetrain is the differential unit.

 

so could you possibly put some other cars, that has a strong differential, in the s2000? Without having to change the whole drivetrain?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Eze8199
[B]so could you possibly put some other cars, that has a strong differential, in the s2000?

 

I've not read any threads about using some other cars Diff.
Is that because S2000 is that unique?

 

what cars rear end would you recommend to try and put in the s2000? Could you put a corvette one or a supra one? or just some other car that is really tough and can take abuse.

 

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Eze8199 [B]what cars rear end would you recommend to try and put in the s2000?

 

The problem we have with our rear ends braking is not really because of the amount of torque, it is because of the interval the rear-end has to travel in order to make the wheels spin.

On typical muscle cars, you have to go from 0 to about 10 mph to get the tires spinning, on ours, we have to go from 0 to about 30 mph to make the tires spin. This puts a whole lot of stress on the rear end as it has to get moving reaal fast. Most street rear-ends should not fair any better then our own on our car, the input that the differential reacieves from the driveshaft at 6500 RPM on a first gear clutch drop is about (6500/3.13)/1.16= 1790 RPMs !!!!!
Combine this with a heavy back, sticky rear tires and crappy clutch that has to be dropped and you got yourself a problem with most differentials out there.

Things are not as simple as they seem sometimes.