Stock different broke, new OEM Diff is Different!
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Stock different broke, new OEM Diff is Different!
I dont know if anybody knows this, but it seems that infiniti has redesigned the diff for the 6spd. each year it has been released. My 08 6spd diff broke, along side with driver axle, and the new diff is soo diff, that my gtspec bar didnt fit anymore. Any ideas on what they changed, other than it look like it has heat sink built into now?
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I dont know if anybody knows this, but it seems that infiniti has redesigned the diff for the 6spd. each year it has been released. My 08 6spd diff broke, along side with driver axle, and the new diff is soo diff, that my gtspec bar didnt fit anymore. Any ideas on what they changed, other than it look like it has heat sink built into now?
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Yes the fins are for heat dissipation, that's all. So we've established that the '08 (I have one) has the regular smooth diff cover. The '10 that TVPostSound has comes with the finned cover I posted above in post #7 (it's also sold as an aftermarket Nismo part). And Viper has an '08 like me and his original cover was smooth but got replaced with the one shown in post #6. Interesting. I think I'm now officially lost.
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Yes the fins are for heat dissipation, that's all. So we've established that the '08 (I have one) has the regular smooth diff cover. The '10 that TVPostSound has comes with the finned cover I posted above in post #7 (it's also sold as an aftermarket Nismo part). And Viper has an '08 like me and his original cover was smooth but got replaced with the one shown in post #6. Interesting. I think I'm now officially lost.
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Guys, there are TWO different finned parts here.
The one the OP posted is actually a factory Nissan finned diff case, not cover. The one BB posted is the Nismo aftermarket finned diff cover.
The fins on the finned diff case point downward towards the ground, the fins on the Nismo cover point towards the rear.
Here is a picture of mine. My car is a GCC spec 2008 G35 sedan. This is the stock diff case and we have them stock pre-installed from factory since the 07+ model V36 sedan and 08+ V36 coupe, as well as the 09+ Z34 370Z. The Nissan finned cases are installed on GCC spec cars to handle the extra ambient heat. I'm guessing Nissan is building all the new G's/Z's with these pre-installed
You can see the diff cover which is the silver part with the drain plug. Mine is not finned from factory (non of them are, only Nismo makes those and they are aftermarket only), so I can install a Nismo finned cover for additional cooling.
The one the OP posted is actually a factory Nissan finned diff case, not cover. The one BB posted is the Nismo aftermarket finned diff cover.
The fins on the finned diff case point downward towards the ground, the fins on the Nismo cover point towards the rear.
Here is a picture of mine. My car is a GCC spec 2008 G35 sedan. This is the stock diff case and we have them stock pre-installed from factory since the 07+ model V36 sedan and 08+ V36 coupe, as well as the 09+ Z34 370Z. The Nissan finned cases are installed on GCC spec cars to handle the extra ambient heat. I'm guessing Nissan is building all the new G's/Z's with these pre-installed
You can see the diff cover which is the silver part with the drain plug. Mine is not finned from factory (non of them are, only Nismo makes those and they are aftermarket only), so I can install a Nismo finned cover for additional cooling.