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Re: whats a LSD?

Sun, 07 March 2004 21:21

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A normal differential allows a car to have the driving wheels turning at different speeds while cornering due to the different radius' that the wheels follow. The problem with these "open" diffs is that when one wheel brakes traction, all the torque is fed to that wheel, hence the term single spinner.
A Limited Slip Differential locks both wheels so that they both recieve equal amounts of torque if traction is lost at one of the wheels.

I'm not so sure if that is a technically correct description. A normal open differential splits the torque 50/50 at all times, that's it's problem - that when a wheel breaks traction it is still getting a 50% of torque - and without any resistance to that force, it spins up like all hell.

A limited slip diff distributes the torque unevenly because as one wheel tries to outspin the other, it has some form of resistance which transfers torque to the other wheel (usually by some clutch-esque mechanism).

Either way, the effect is the same. A limited slip differential has way better power delivery than an open differential.

[Updated on: Sun, 07 March 2004 21:22]

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