Originally Posted by
Maikeru
I went to school for automotive for 3 years. Only reason Im not ASE certified is because I dont have the $800 laying around to take the tests. I can rebuild the diff myself no problem. Ill look in the spec miata team and see if I can come up with anything there.The part that sucks is my budget is around $500 right now. I was going to get the $200 R&P (new factory deburred) then send it out to get shot-peened and/or WPC treated. It seems like everyone just always gives up on the 1.6 immediately but I know that treatments are a dark art to some people. I don't want to send it out, and get it treated just to break it anyway though.
It just seems odd though because some people run the 6" R&P and have no problems for years at a time beating on it constantly. Everyone always chalks it up to pure luck though. I have a hard time believing that some R&P just happen to be drastically better than others though. They have to be doing something different with clearances or something.