FMJ

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Hi all! Could somebody with some knowledge on the subject answer these questions for me?

I have a UK turbo 2000 MY00.

Which gearbox and diff does it have as standard?

I am in the early stages of making a track car and would like parts to be interchangeable with my current Impreza.

What different types of drive shafts are out there? I.e. buying second hand which shafts from which other cars will fit my MY00 Uk turbo?

Can you use a none ABS shaft with a ABS hub? Can you use an ABS drive shaft with a non ABS hub? I will not want ABS on the track car so I don't mind if the part incompatibility makes the ABS not function as long as they fit.

Can anybody give me a run down of the different shafts and hubs and what classics had what?

Are all WRX and UK Turbo classics hubs and shafts interchangeable?

Sorry for all the questions!

classicgc8

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hi,welcome to scoobynet,

ok as standard your gearbox code is ty754vn1aa
your rear diff ratio 3.545,
some of the rear diffs versions with a certain slip diff have different length rear shaft where they fit inside the rear differential, but not yours as standard.

version 1-4 hubs had tone rings for the abs instead of a actual "abs ring" on the outer cv joint of the driveshafts of v5 and v6 (yours v5/6)
sorry hope some of that make sense??? Dave.

FMJ

iTrader: (2)

Hi, thank you for that!

So the hubs and shafts on the V1-4 cars are different to the v5-6 cars?

Could you use V1-4 shafts in V5-6 hubs? I appreciate that the ABS wouldn't work? And vice versa could you use the V5-6 shafts in V1-4 hubs. Can you just leave the tone rings or abs rings out? I am not worried about error lights MOT's etc at this point.

Thanks again.

APIDavid

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There are several different rear drive shafts and there doesn't seem to be a hard and fast rule about what fits what.

You can have:

a pair the same length with the diff locating snap ring on the shaft
a pair with one long and one short with the snap ring on the shaft
a pair the same length with the snap ring inside the diff and just a groove in the shaft.

The differences are due to either having; an open rear diff, a viscous 'limited slip ' rear diff or a plated limited diff - last one is unlikely on a UK car, but is a feature of some JDM cars, which means that whilst the car that the shafts have come from looks like yours it may have a completely different set up

2 door type R ones are thicker and require a different diff and hubs plus the snap ring deal. Type R don't have ABs of any sort.

If you get the management light come on, sure you know why, but it might persuade the ecu to go into 'safe mode ' and restrict you to 4000 rpm

Good luck with all this, it is not transparent as we in the trade are aware.

David APi

FMJ

iTrader: (2)

Thanks for all the help guys.

So I appreciate the different types of shafts. My question now is are all UK classics the same type of shaft and cross compatible? Obviously as long as they have not been swapped in the past for something different. Will any UK classic shafts fit any UK classic hubs?

Thanks, Lloyd.