Limited Slip

[gijoe985]

I am curious about limited slip on a AWD vehicle. I always thought if you had all wheel limited slip it would be considered 4WD. Isn't that correct? And that you cornered better w/o limited slip. Well I know that is true, but I see a lot of people on here wanting/getting limited slip diffs. Do they just want to go straight? Or is the cornering loss not that bad? What if you only did the front/rear? Is doing one more favorable than the other?

I searched around for some answers, but after a while I figured someone could answer them all pretty easily in one post.

 

[1gentalonfan]

ive never heard of limited slips causing bad cornering most lsd's are an open diffy until they get some torque applied and they clamp both tires down. the 1g awd came stock with a lsd in the rear and center and my 300zx has one of the tightest lsds ive ever seen locks both back tires like posi and i never had any handling problems even with the rwd it handled amazing oh and as for between rear and front more power is transmitted to the rear for better handling and launching so the rear is a little more important.

 

[gijoe985]

Ok then, if anyone wants to add, or give a different opinion, I'd love to hear, but this I'll believe. And for cornering, I guess I was focusing on tight corners, but again I might have been wrong that it had a negative effect.

 

[Defiant]

Most of the people asking are talking about FWD.
The DSM AWD is a very unique arrangement.
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/new...ged-9-7-torque-split-division-slip-drive.html