have to say i sw that one coming. but i hope you get it fixed shouldn't 2.5rs parts work in that?????

 

R180? I thought that those came with R160's... I know that all the Impreza's do. Only the STi has the R180. The pumpkin that Subaru uses looks a lot like old Datsun R180's. You might take a few measurements and then head out to Cophers.

 

car is fixed. Now has a 3 way lsd

 

SHOULD is the key word - I had bought a pre-welded 2.5RS center differential and it was eledged to fit (the part numbers even matched my Legacy Center Diff), but it did not. Since then, I'm not trusting fitments until I can put the part in and drive away with it. I'd imagine that the 2.5RS parts would fit, or at least hope that they would, since the RS canme with a rear VLSD, which would be pretty good for what I'm trying to do. The diff housing looks kinda like a steer skull or something, it's probably 2 feet long and only houses a 6.25" ring gear

I want to make sure that I have something that I can really beat on, but I'm worried that my new infinite-way diff may destroy my axles, so I'm in the market for a Ford 9" or Toyota Truck rear end. Yes, converting to solid axle is, IMO, a bit ahead of a welded rear end on the hardcore scale, and I will definitely be retaining the WRX coilovers

 

Put an 03-04 Cobra IRS in there if you're going to spend the time fabbing something complicated. That 8.8 is going to be just as strong and will handle anything you can throw at it power wise.

Your car is never going to weigh 3900 lbs+ or have 390 ft. lbs of torque, so it would last forever.

I don't understand everyone's fixation with the 9" rearend. 8.8's can be just as strong, you can get them off of a parts car with factory disks and every Mustang shop on the planet sells a plethora of gear ratios for them. Shims are easier to come by as well. Just some worthless info for you guys.

 

It's a sloid rear axle that is badass. Mustang IRS blows, hands down and I will never ever voluntarily put one in any car I own.

 

shot to the heart! jk....the solid rear axle would be good for drifting.

 

I know some people may not like it, but at least they could refrain from doing something like this (This happened last night aparently, while I was out of town...)

 

wow. thats fucking ridicuous.
people are unbelieveable.