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Originally Posted by 1slow370
nope the vlsd is built into the ring gear carrier, the automatics have a different sized ring gear so you can't put any of the larger gears on the automatic vlsd carrier. if you by an open manual diff you are stuck with open unless you get an aftermarket lsd or buy a manual vlsd gear carrier and swap it. it should be noted that when you change te carrier you also need to buy bearings and shims and have a shop shim the diff.
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Note that most of what makes this situation suck is that the 7AT's stock ring gear is 10mm thicker than the normal ones (as found in the 6MT), and the part of the VLSD carrier that it rides on is thus 10mm thinner to compensate and keep everything centered or whatever. If you were to buy an aftermarket LSD meant for a 6MT to go with your 4.08's, you could drop the 4.08's + 6MT LSD into your 7AT+Sport housing (modulo unequal shaft-length issues from LSD-vs-not). I posted some related findings around here:
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