Its one of those things... put on a smaller stick-on and then take the risk. Ours was on for 7 years before my recent incident, and that was only because I was doing 64 in a 50k area (on State Highway One mind you). If I hadn't been pulled over for that I wouldn't have had the issue with the licence...

Hi Pete,

Actually I did have the original in the boot, and it may have helped with the
compliance offer. Although he took my word it was there and didn't look.

Gary


On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 09:04:44 +1200, pjenkins@sptyres.com.au wrote:


Garry,
Does it help if you carry the original in the boot?
Pete

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Thanks, mine is a 93 4.1:1 7 Torsen. Im after the 4.3. The solomiata is very
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the Mazda item.

I have a 1.8 torsen in my 1991 car. I didn't worry about the changed diff
ratio, any reason why you want to change it?

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