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Quote (DSC @ Oct. 27 2002,11:37)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">IIRC, ae86 uses a solid axl...same effect. Thats one of the reasons ppl like them for drifting so much.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
AE86 does NOT use a "solid axle".</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
true. the axle housing is solid but there are 2 separate axle shafts inside the axle housing that connect to the differential inside the pumpkin. this just changes the way the suspension is setup.
i had to replace a rear end on my .. crashed ae86. i bought the car for $500 before i had my 240 for the sole reason of drifting. i only hit a curb once, which snapped a rotor in half. 3 days and $110+$4 [axle and gear lube] later, i had a new lsd rear end in. i didn't bother to connect the rear brakes and one night while grip driving in this one way street system with lots of tight blind corners, i came up to a corner at 80, locked up the brakes on pavement wet from sprinklers and hit the guardrail at 35[?] i i lost a headlight, hood, powersteering, a mirror, and the A pillar was horribly dented. i figured this would be my last night driving it, so i stuck my head out the window and did a few final drifts before i took an extremely back way to my house and parted it out.