Thread: D2 Diff into a RRC

Interesting thread.

This is my first post so please be gentle haha. I am part way thru a Toyota 9.5 and 8.0HP diff conversion on my Disco 1 and considered a lot of options before I went this route.

The front will get cromolly axles and CVS, rear stock. Both diffs will have selectable lockers and 4.8 gears.

I chose this path for two main reasons, cost and availability. The Toyota stuff is very easy to get and well priced and the rear diff is super strong and the front is easy to upgrade.

Excellent thread!

Originally Posted by mattmannz

Interesting thread.

This is my first post so please be gentle haha. I am part way thru a Toyota 9.5 and 8.0HP diff conversion on my Disco 1 and considered a lot of options before I went this route.

The front will get cromolly axles and CVS, rear stock. Both diffs will have selectable lockers and 4.8 gears.

I chose this path for two main reasons, cost and availability. The Toyota stuff is very easy to get and well priced and the rear diff is super strong and the front is easy to upgrade.

Excellent thread!

Full housing swap or just internals?

Originally Posted by mattmannz

Interesting thread.

This is my first post so please be gentle haha. I am part way thru a Toyota 9.5 and 8.0HP diff conversion on my Disco 1 and considered a lot of options before I went this route.

The front will get cromolly axles and CVS, rear stock. Both diffs will have selectable lockers and 4.8 gears.

I chose this path for two main reasons, cost and availability. The Toyota stuff is very easy to get and well priced and the rear diff is super strong and the front is easy to upgrade.

Excellent thread!

I agree, this is an expensive and time consuming way to do things. My V8 ute has LC60 (9.5" hypoid) axles front and rear, good out of the box and everything is an easy upgrade. Patrol HP centre if you want it. For a coiler I think a LC80 or a LC100 full conversion would be the way to go.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

I agree, this is an expensive and time consuming way to do things. My V8 ute has LC60 (9.5" hypoid) axles front and rear, good out of the box and everything is an easy upgrade. Patrol HP centre if you want it. For a coiler I think a LC80 or a LC100 full conversion would be the way to go.

Good is good enough haha..want to keep axles as rover as possible externally and strong as possible internally, want to keep rover bolt patern and also have current engineering cert and future modified cert to think about

Originally Posted by blackrangie

Good is good enough haha..want to keep axles as rover as possible externally and strong as possible internally, want to keep rover bolt patern and also have current engineering cert and future modified cert to think about

Everybody does it differently for different reasons. I really love what you've done with the back end and it'll be good to see how the front turns out.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

Everybody does it differently for different reasons. I really love what you've done with the back end and it'll be good to see how the front turns out.

Its all fun and games

Look for a thread on here somewhere from Ancient Mariner where he built his own front and rear 9" diffs for his defender, the guys a genious

Originally Posted by Vern

Look for a thread on here somewhere from Ancient Mariner where he built his own front and rear 9" diffs for his defender, the guys a genious

Where they f100 diffs from memory?