porcupine73 Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 I saw on this toyota landcruiser site about these locking differentials they use for rock climbing that are locked and unlocked using compressed air and was wondering if anyone knew of anything similar for subaru's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Lockers of various sorts have been pursued for quite some time by the offroad old-gen Subaru crowd, without much luck. You're talking about ARB air lockers, which are awesome, and very popular, despite their expense, with the toyota and jeep crowds. The only way to put them on a Subaru is to install solid axles from a rig that they are available for. Qman did that in the rear of his brat a while back, but I never did hear how that turned out. The readily available options for lockers that work with the stock drivetrain are: 1. Taking the rear LSD diff carrier from an EA82T car and installing it in your diff. 2. Welding your diff, creating a solid rear axle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine73 Posted November 5, 2006 Author Share Posted November 5, 2006 Ah, thanks snowman, I hadn't heard of those before, but maybe that's why some of the landcruisers on ebay have onboard air compressors installed in the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimokalihi Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 A lot of people run on board air on their trucks for ARB air lockers and also for airing down their bead-locked tires to like 8 psi for maximum grip while rock crawling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceyWV Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 The r200 diff has arb lockers available for it. And its a well known swap for r160 (all subarus have r160s, well, almost all) equipped datsuns fueling the fire, I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShellBullet Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 ever thought of taking some parts from an XT6? they have a diff lock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burtonsnowman Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 ARB Lockers are hot stuff, but they're expensive... Might not be worth it on the Subaru (oops, didn't mean to say that. I'm so going to get beat up now). ARB Air Locker ~ $700 ARB Compressor ~ $220 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 ARB Lockers are hot stuff, but they're expensive...Might not be worth it on the Subaru (oops, didn't mean to say that. I'm so going to get beat up now). ARB Air Locker ~ $700 ARB Compressor ~ $220 HEATHEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Though shall die the death of a 1000 headgaskets for that comment. nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceyWV Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 No one shall talk down on subarus!1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burtonsnowman Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 I didn't talk them down... Okay, y'all go ahead and put your air lockers on your Subes! And nipper! Never wish the evil of HG failure on a fellow partner in Subes! That's just terrible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Gotta link for these ARB's??? ARB Lockers are hot stuff, but they're expensive...Might not be worth it on the Subaru (oops, didn't mean to say that. I'm so going to get beat up now). ARB Air Locker ~ $700 ARB Compressor ~ $220 Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virrdog Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Gotta link for these ARB's??? Jay Jay, I do not think these are great for Auto-x... and probably not legal even in mod classes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burtonsnowman Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 They would suck for autoX... Plus, you would add a ton of (unnecessary) weight. I'm putting one (maybe two) in my Jeep this summer. I'll let you know how the performance is. (Oops, outed myself...yes, I own a Jeep. Sorry, guys.) Here is the ARB site. They're based in Australia (in case you care). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Even if they aren't good for autocross....I'm purty sure I can find a use where they would be good! Diffs happen to be unrestricted starting with street prepared and on up through mod. Not counting street touring though.... Jay Storm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickensheets Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 (Oops, outed myself...yes, I own a Jeep. Sorry, guys.) Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MountainBiker Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 The r200 diff has arb lockers available for it.And its a well known swap for r160 (all subarus have r160s, well, almost all) equipped datsuns Any more info on the r200 swap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burtonsnowman Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Me too. You are so going to Subaru Hell. But that's okay...I am too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burtonsnowman Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 But anyway... Subarus should perform of-road excellently with air lockers. Finding a proper application is the hard part. I can't seem to find very many applications for the air lockers...except Toyotas and Dana axles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceyWV Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Hey, I got a WJ stuck in my front yard. http://www.ratdat.com/technical/R200_swap/R200_swap.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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