my cousin just bought a 98 GSX but whoever had the car before done something to the damn car. it is suppose to be all whell drive but when the front end turns once the rear end turns twice we change the differential but it didint make any difference our mechanic thought they use this car for drifts. do u guys have any idea what it could be or how we can solve this [&:]

 

dude... can you make that descritipon a little better? you say the rear end turns twice when the front end turns. you say somebody thinks it was used for drifting but from what i gather from your description, the car is nothing but fwd rigth now. please explain better.

 

here is the whole deal my cousin bought this car from an auction. when we took the car to our mechanic he said whoever drove this car before they did something with the driveshaft, and we end up chancing the transfer case in the rear end it didnt help any we think they try to make the car RWD for drifting if you wanna know something else please let me know

 

what EXACTLY is the problem? the way you are describing the problem, it sounds like the rear wheels aren't spinning off of the awd drivetrain but at the same time you keep saying that you think they set it up for drifting so it's a complete 180.

 

hes saying the guy tried to set it up for drifting, but prolly didnt know what the fu#k he was doing, and now the back wheels make 2 rotations for every 1 rotation the front wheels make

 

I had that problem and it was in the gear ratio.. I had to bring it to a DSM specialist in the area for him to tell me i did'nt have a gsx transmission installed. So he told the tranny shop to swap some parts.. to make the gear ratio match up and all 4 wheel spin in sync not faster than each other. But if that the case the car would be vibrating alot even at low speeds.. wouldn't be able to drive at all.

 

yea... i never would have guessed that!! lol i just couldn't understand what the heck he was saying!!

 

I understood it the first time i read it. so i assume it binds up when you try to drive it? Have you drove it yet?
If you run them on jack stand they'll kinda do that if it has an open diff. I wonder if it has a JDM transmission. That will throw the ratios off. Most people dont know you cant put them in and shops will get JDM's for replacement then they wonder why it wont drive right.

Go here and study this http://vfaq.com/mods/Trannies.html ( using Linux cant use the link stuff, Silver likes to fix links, and you'll understand what you can or cant use and probly be able to see what you need to get , or count and see whats wrong,
you cannot swap an auto rear diff with a manual rear diff. that could be what happened.... nobody remembers to count teeth, they just throw **** together.
By the way it sounds it has an automatic rear diff which is a higher (numerically lower)(faster) gear ratio.

 

thanks a lot guyswe r gettin ready to put the car in the tranny shop to check the ratios now

by the way RCJr9186I didint evenknow what the heck I was talkin about becasue this thing is all messedup but anyway soory to confuse u with my explanation.