2.65 LSD, any good for a m52 6speed??

[kangman]

As above is a 2.65 diff any good for a m52 6speed or will it be too long

Any help will be appreciated

[pacerpete]

No . Way too tall. 3.25 or 3.46 would be ideal.

[kangman]

Nice one pete

[Brianmoooore]

With a six speed box, you need E30 type ratios, since you've got the overdrive top gear back again.

[jmc330i]

A mate has a 6spd and is running a 3.64:1 which seems to be good for a road car.

[DanThe]

A mate has a 6spd and is running a 3.64:1 which seems to be good for a road car.

What engine? I pull away in second most of the time and my ratios are longer than that

If its a 2.8 engine you dont want anything shorter than a 3.25 IMO/experience for a road car

[appletree]

I had a 3.91 and a 4.1 on my 6 speed M42 both were to short in my opinion, I have a 3.07 to go in an I'm hopeing this will make 6th a real over drive just for cursing on the motorway as with the other two diffs 80mph was around 3.5k-4k with the 3.07 it should drop to around 2.5-2.8k which will be better for economy and quiter as my car was 89bd inside on the way back from the German show for 4hrs it was a killer.

[jmc330i]

He's got an S50 in it now, but he originally did an M52 conversion with the M3 6spd and 3.91 LSD from my Sport. I wanted my LSD back, so he found a 3.64 as he said he wanted it a little bit longer than the 3.91, but didn't want to kill acceleration too much.