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Okay I know most people here think an LSD is the best thing since sliced bread - let me offer a different perspective.
I put a Quaife in my 9000 (self-tuned, I'd call it somewhere between stage 2 and stage 3) and have been pretty disappointed with it. It's probably because of my driving situation and style - which is almost all on side streets with lots of stops and turns.
And thinking about it, it's not hard to understand why... let me explain. Suppose you're launching from a stop, or accelerating in any other condition where both drive wheels have about the same amount of traction. With an open diff, once one side spins that's it - you lose drive to the other wheel. The LSD, OTOH, will shift torque to the wheel that still has traction. But think about it - both wheels previously had similar traction and were getting the same amount of torque, and one just broke loose. What do you think the other (non-spinning) wheel is going to do when you shift torque to it? It's going to break loose too! And now you've not only lost the ability to accelerate, but lost whatever small amount of steering control you'd have with the still-hooked-up wheel with the open diff. I've experienced this many times, especially in the snow - you tap the gas, both front wheels break loose, and you have no acceleration and no steering. If you were trying to turn, the car generally will just plow forward.
Now for a car that's run on a track, or on fast twisty roads, the sitation would be different. If you're going through a corner at high speed, the outside wheel will have a lot more traction than the inside, and an LSD could be very helpful.
posted by 70.88.24...
, Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:39:10
, Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:32:56, Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:40:14
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