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Yeah i think you might be right about it not fitting the tail shaft. The lsd centre might fit your vs diff though, worth asking a diff shop. They'll be able to tell you straight away
VL/N/P/R/S and early VT use the borg warner m78
At some point in the VT's they moved onto the bigger bw m80.