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Originally Posted by ants_oz
Your acceleration will suffer probably quite substantially with the taller diff ratios. And the transmission ratios are intended for use with the shorter diffs.
If you can live with those consequences, all good.
I would still be trying to identify how a "small bump" can "blow" inner CV boots. Sounds to me like there is something unusual going on there.
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Anthony, The 3.64 ratios will be just fine for a manual tranny. Like everything, there are compromises involved, but as luck would have it, I am not the first to do this. Also, My wife's X3 runs these with similar trans ratios.
http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...ted-slips.html
Yeah, defiantly odd about the boots, but an internal shock load between the ring gear and spider gears connecting the front trans-axles due to a broken piece lodging itself is my suspect culprit. Wasn't enough to blow the case apart. Just my theory, but a postmortem autopsy will be performed to confirm.
Jay, Thanks for the heads up on Raxles! Checking them out now.
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2005 X5 3.0, 6MT, Alpine White on Truffle Brown, Sport, Preim, and Cold Weather, Alpina Stainless Headers, AFe Intake, UUC SSK, OEM 87's, 3.64 Differential Swap,Performance Modified Euro 2 Tune, UUC LTW Flywheel and HD clutch, Bilstein B12 Suspension kit 
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Also in the fold: 2004 X3 3.0, 6MT, Black Sapphire on Terracotta, port, Premium, Cold Weather.
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