Limited Slip Differentials?

[alex99gst]

hey guys, just wonder first of all what do they do, what advantages do they have, and what dsm already have them. thanks

later

 

[K Dan]

All DSM's have open differentials in the front. This means the power goes to one wheel and that wheel turns the other wheel. If you ever tried to launch your car hard it will probably start bearing off to the left and you have to fight with your steering wheel to keep it straight. Thats called tourque steer, very common on fwd cars. A limited slip differential distributes the power more equally among both drive wheels to aid in traction. On awd models some 1g's and all 2's have LSD's in the rear only.

 

[90AWDTalon]

Limited slip almost locks the differential, it allows just enough slip for the wheels to turn at different speeds around corners. Different types of limited slips go about this different ways and have different characteristics. We have Viscous limited slip in the rear, Viscous is a goo in the differential that hardens when heated. When the wheels are trying to spin at different speeds this heats up the goo and keeps power going to both wheels. For the center we have a Viscous Coupler, and I believe an open differential. I rember haveing this discussion a few months ago, and debateing if the center diff was limited slip. The conclussion I came to was it is open with the Viscous Coupler. How this performs compared to a limited slip diff or an open diff with no Coupler, I don't know.