| limited slip differential [message #87839] |
Wed, 09 June 2010 10:29  |
jayrabe
Messages: 509
Registered: June 2009
Location: Portland, OR
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I've got a limited slip on my want list, but wondered about something and wanted some feedback to validate my thinking. Various people have posted that the LS improves traction on wet grass, for example, but I wondered about another mode. When accelerating, especially when it's wet (this is Portland, after all) and especially when driving over pavement grooves or paint strips, the wheels slip. If I'm under a lot of power, the front end can actually slide to the side a bit. I've learned to control it by backing off the gas, but it's disconcerting regardless. Will a LS reduce or eliminate this behavior?
Another way of asking this is, how "limited" is a LS? How much wheel rotation of a slipping wheel happens before the LS engages?
Thanks
J
76 PB
Portland, OR
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